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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins in a Landscape: ?Dolwyddelan Castle 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins in a Landscape: ?Dolwyddelan Castle’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Recto:
Ruins in a Landscape: ?Dolwyddelan Castle 1799
D02129
Turner Bequest XLVI 90
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale grey ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘90’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 90’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally; see comments on the drawing of the same ruins, possibly of Dolwyddelan Castle, on folio 89 verso opposite (D02128).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Ruins in a Landscape: ?Dolwyddelan Castle 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-ruins-in-a-landscape-dolwyddelan-castle-r1179988, accessed 19 April 2024.