J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Caernarvon Castle, with Mountains Beyond 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Caernarvon Castle, with Mountains Beyond’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
Caernarvon Castle, with Mountains Beyond 1799
D02074
Turner Bequest XLVI 52
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘52’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 52’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is one of a sequence of studies featuring the silhouette of Caernarvon Castle as seen from the Menai Strait; the others are on folios 49 verso, 50 verso, 51 recto and 54 recto (D02069, D02071, D02072, D02077). This example includes in the background the outline of the Snowdon range, a feature suppressed in the rest of the group. A further study showing part of the castle is on folio 55 verso (D02080). See the entry for D02069 for a note on the series as a whole.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Caernarvon Castle, with Mountains Beyond 1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-caernarvon-castle-with-mountains-beyond-r1179933, accessed 26 April 2024.