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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Brecon on the River Usk with the Bridge and Ruined Castle, from the East 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brecon on the River Usk with the Bridge and Ruined Castle, from the East’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Brecon on the River Usk with the Bridge and Ruined Castle, from the East 1798
D01265
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 15’ bottom left, descending vertically
The subject was drawn with the page turned horizontally. Turner made a watercolour of the bridge and castle at Brecon, seen from close to the bridge, which was in the collection of James Blair and bequeathed by him to Manchester Art Gallery in 1917 (1917.92), another version of this composition came into the hands of A.J. Finberg and was sold at his Cotswold Gallery, London; for these see the discussion under folio 18 recto (D01263; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 13).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Brecon on the River Usk with the Bridge and Ruined Castle, from the East 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-brecon-on-the-river-usk-with-the-bridge-and-ruined-castle-r1173158, accessed 26 April 2024.