J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Valley in Snowdonia 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Valley in Snowdonia’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 69 Recto:
A Valley in Snowdonia 1798
D01296
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 43
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped lower right with Turner Bequest monogram
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 43’ bottom left, descending vertically
Finberg guessed that this drawing shows Snowdon from Capel Curig,1 but the viewpoint is plainly closer to the mountain, which looms high over the spectator’s head. We are perhaps standing in Nant Gwynant, near Llyn Gwynant, to the south-east of the peak. Turner would have recorded the view on his way east towards Capel Curig; see folio 70 recto (D01332; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 78).
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Finberg 1909, I, p.86.
Technical notes:
There are colour smears along the lower edge of the drawing.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Valley in Snowdonia 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-valley-in-snowdonia-r1173209, accessed 16 April 2024.