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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View in the Sychnant Pass, Looking West 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View in the Sychnant Pass, Looking West’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 58 Recto:
View in the Sychnant Pass, Looking West 1799
D02085
Turner Bequest XLVI 58
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale buff ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Pass of Sydent’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘58’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 58’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 57 verso opposite (D02084), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View in the Sychnant Pass, Looking West 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-view-in-the-sychnant-pass-looking-west-r1179944, accessed 26 April 2024.