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 Snowdon from Beddgelert near Dinas Emrys 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Snowdon from Beddgelert near Dinas Emrys’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 106 Recto:
Snowdon from Beddgelert near Dinas Emrys 1799
D02151
Turner Bequest XLVI 106
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a yellow ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Snowdon | from Beddgelert’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘106’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 106’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. A large watercolour study (Tate D03643; Turner Bequest LX a B), shows a very similar view, though Turner does not seem to have made use of this sketch in relation to it as he did with the drawing on folio 19 verso (D02023) and another large watercolour, Tate D03642 (Turner Bequest LX a A).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Snowdon from Beddgelert near Dinas Emrys 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-snowdon-from-beddgelert-near-dinas-emrys-r1180010, accessed 26 April 2024.