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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Abergavenny Castle, from the Usk 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Abergavenny Castle, from the Usk’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Recto:
?Abergavenny Castle, from the Usk 1798
D01784
Turner Bequest XLII 109
Pencil and white gouache on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘109’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 109’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 54 verso opposite (D01783; Turner Bequest XLI 108); there is a slight secondary sketch at the bottom right.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Abergavenny Castle, from the Usk 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-abergavenny-castle-from-the-usk-r1173980, accessed 05 April 2026.