Joseph Mallord William Turner

Llandeilo: The Broken Bridge over the River Tywi (Towy), with Dynevor Castle Beyond

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
D01271
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 21

Catalogue entry

The subject was drawn with the page turned horizontally. A finished watercolour showing the same subject, Llandilo Bridge and Dinevor Castle (National Museum Wales, Cardiff),1 was exhibited in 1796 and so must have been based on an earlier drawing. Other views of the castle are on the rectos of folios 22, 29, 31 and 33 (D01275, D01272, D01274, D01276; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 24a, 22, 24, 25). Another view of the bridge at Llandeilo, with the town beyond, is in the Dynevor Castle sketchbook (Tate D01548–D01549; Turner Bequest XL 51a–52).
1
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.315 no.140, reproduced.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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