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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Hereford Court Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Snowdon and Yr Aran from Llyn Cwellyn 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Snowdon and Yr Aran from Llyn Cwellyn’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Snowdon and Yr Aran from Llyn Cwellyn 1798
D01330
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 76
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram below centre, at lower edge of painted area
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘76’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 76’ bottom left, descending vertically
The inscription on the verso identifies this view, which was taken from the western shore of the lake, and includes the whole of Snowdon, with the conical peak of Yr Aran to the right. A similar view of Snowdon from Llyn Cwellyn is the subject of a rapid sketch in the North Wales sketchbook (Tate D01381; Turner Bequest XXXIX 26).
Verso:
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Snowden [sic] from Quathlynn’; smears of colour ?from folio 66 recto opposite (D01351; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 97); stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Snowdon and Yr Aran from Llyn Cwellyn 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-snowdon-and-yr-aran-from-llyn-cwellyn-r1173205, accessed 26 April 2024.