Joseph Mallord William Turner

Harlech: The Town and Castle from the South, with the Estuary of Traeth Bach in the Distance

1798

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Hereford Court Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: None
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D01295
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 42 a

Catalogue entry

Harlech Castle, North Wales, a finished watercolour for the Picturesque Views in England and Wales series (private collection),1 engraved in 1836 (Tate impressions: T04606, T06120), was based on this drawing. See the note on folio 60 recto (D01294; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 42).

Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.401 no.867.

Verso:

Inscribed by Turner in pen and brown ink ‘111 | Harlech Castle’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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