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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800 > Smaller South Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Llanblethian Castle, near Cowbridge 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Llanblethian Castle, near Cowbridge’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Llanblethian Castle, near Cowbridge 1795
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Turner Bequest XXV 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 130 x 205 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Llanblithan Castle Cowbridge’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXV 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A finished watercolour based on this drawing, formerly in the Walter Turner Collection, is in the Leeds Art Gallery.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Llanblethian Castle, near Cowbridge 1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-llanblethian-castle-near-cowbridge-r1140788, accessed 24 April 2024.