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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Morlais Hill and Castle 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Morlais Hill and Castle’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Morlais Hill and Castle 1798
D01633
Turner Bequest XLI 5
Pencil on white wove paper, 290 x 457 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Castle Melis’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLI – 5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The remains of Morlais Castle survive on Morlais Hill just to the north of Merthyr. This rough sketch is one of two drawings of the site in this book; the other is D01634 (Turner Bequest XLI 6).
Technical notes:
The paper is discoloured from exposure.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Morlais Hill and Castle 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-morlais-hill-and-castle-r1173253, accessed 25 April 2024.