Joseph Mallord William Turner

Aberdulais Mill on the River Neath

1795

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
South Wales Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 203 × 264 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D00558
Turner Bequest XXVI 6

Catalogue entry

A finished watercolour of this subject made for Mr Mitchell (see the list of ‘Order’d Drawings’ near the front of this sketchbook, D40557) is now in the collection of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.1 Several other drawings in this book are studies either of parts of the mill or of the rocks nearby, which no doubt assisted him in the execution of the watercolour.
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
1
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.489 no.169a, reproduced.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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