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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Bend of the River Wye beneath Wooded Cliffs 1795

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
A Bend of the River Wye beneath Wooded Cliffs 1795
D00612
Turner Bequest XXVI 58
Pencil on white wove paper, 203 x 264 mm
Inscribed by A.J. Finberg in red ink ‘58’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 58’ bottom left, descending vertically
There are further views along the Wye, presumably between Goodrich and Monmouth, on folios 57 recto and 59 recto (D00613, D00615; Turner Bequest XXVI 59, 61).
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Bend of the River Wye beneath Wooded Cliffs 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-a-bend-of-the-river-wye-beneath-wooded-cliffs-r1140937, accessed 28 March 2024.