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 The River Dee at Corwen 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The River Dee at Corwen’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 47 Recto:
The River Dee at Corwen 1808
D06917
Turner Bequest CIV 46
Pencil on white laid paper, 98 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘46’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CIV 46’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, is continued from folio 46 verso of the sketchbook (D06916; Turner Bequest CIV 45a), for which see catalogue note.

David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The River Dee at Corwen 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-the-river-dee-at-corwen-r1133673, accessed 19 April 2024.