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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Tabley No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Pont-y-Glyn, near Ty-Nant, Seen from Below 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Pont-y-Glyn, near Ty-Nant, Seen from Below’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Recto:
Pont-y-Glyn, near Ty-Nant, Seen from Below 1808
D06875
Turner Bequest CIV 13
Pencil on white laid paper, 162 x 98 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘13’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CIV 13’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Turner’s trip into North Wales from Tabley in 1808, see Introduction to the sketchbook, and for Pont-y-Glyn, notes to folio 11 (D06871; Turner Bequest CIV 10). Here, the bridge is seen from the deep, rocky gorge of the River Ceirw on the Corwen side.
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David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Pont-y-Glyn, near Ty-Nant, Seen from Below 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-pont-y-glyn-near-ty-nant-seen-from-below-r1133631, accessed 16 April 2024.