Joseph Mallord William Turner

Brecon on the River Usk with the Bridge and Ruined Castle, from the East

1798

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Hereford Court Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 229 × 332 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D01265
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 15

Catalogue entry

The subject was drawn with the page turned horizontally. Turner made a watercolour of the bridge and castle at Brecon, seen from close to the bridge, which was in the collection of James Blair and bequeathed by him to Manchester Art Gallery in 1917 (1917.92), another version of this composition came into the hands of A.J. Finberg and was sold at his Cotswold Gallery, London; for these see the discussion under folio 18 recto (D01263; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 13).

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Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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