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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Moel Hebog Seen from Snowdon 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Moel Hebog Seen from Snowdon’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Recto:
Moel Hebog Seen from Snowdon 1799
D02098
Turner Bequest XLVI 66
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale blue-grey ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Moel Habog’ (sic) top centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘66’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 66’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Moel Hebog is a mountain close to Beddgelert, south of Snowdon. This drawing, made with the page turned horizontally, is one of a sequence of three which seem to record the panorama looking south from Snowdon; see also folios 64 verso and 65 verso (D02095, D02097).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Moel Hebog Seen from Snowdon 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-moel-hebog-seen-from-snowdon-r1179957, accessed 16 April 2024.