Joseph Mallord William Turner

Conwy Castle from the East

1799

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Prints and Drawings Room

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Dolbadarn Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 79 x 130 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D02149
Turner Bequest XLVI 105

Catalogue entry

This view of Conwy Castle, made with the page turned horizontally, is taken from a point further south than the viewpoint of the preceding sketch on folio 104 verso opposite (D02148), and apparently from farther away.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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