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

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The 1792 Welsh and 1793 Marches Tours 1792–4

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Turner Bequest XII A–P, XIII A, D–G, H a, H b, XIV A, XVII F, XXII N, O, XXIII A, B, N–S, T 1, T 2, V–Z, f, XXVII R, X, XXIX E, G, H, CXIX C Turner’s tour to Wales of June–July 1792 can perhaps be counted as his first truly independent tour. His Marches tour of 1793 took him to many of the places he had visited the previous year, notably to Malvern, Hereford and the Wye valley. Aspects of the tours and related works are discussed in the introductions to the two subsections.
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Turner Bequest XII A–P, XIII A, D–G, H a, H b, XIV A, XVII F, XXII N, O, XXIII A, B, N–S, T 1, T 2, V–Z, f, XXVII R, X, XXIX E, G, H, CXIX C
Turner’s tour to Wales of June–July 1792 can perhaps be counted as his first truly independent tour. His Marches tour of 1793 took him to many of the places he had visited the previous year, notably to Malvern, Hereford and the Wye valley. Aspects of the tours and related works are discussed in the introductions to the two subsections.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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Andrew Wilton, ‘The 1792 Welsh and 1793 Marches Tours 1792–4’, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/the-1792-welsh-and-1793-marches-tours-r1140545, accessed 19 March 2024.