Joseph Mallord William Turner

In 1909, Finberg considered that this leaf, then loose, should be page ‘48b’, following what is now folio 77 recto (D01301; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 48) in the sketchbook’s original order, and it has since been bound in at that point, although the page he less certainly proposed as ‘48a’ is now folio 70 recto (D01332; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 78);1 he suggested that the waterfall shown here is one of the group known as Conway Falls, two miles south of Betws-y-Coed. A study of wonderful freshness and verve, this drawing can be compared with Turner’s painstakingly exquisite drawing of Melincourt Fall in the South Wales sketchbook of 1795 (Tate D00560; Turner Bequest XXVI 8).

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.