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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A River Valley with Mountains Beyond 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River Valley with Mountains Beyond’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
A River Valley with Mountains Beyond 1798
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Turner Bequest XXXIX 1
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Penegos’ bottom left and ‘X’ in the drawing
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 1’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally; its inscription may refer, as Finberg suggested, to Penegoes, near Machynlleth,1 Powys (Montgomery), although the hills depicted are too high. A more likely place is Penegroes on the road from Criccieth to Caernarvon, in the valley of the Nantlle. The ‘X’ is inscribed above a sizeable building or ruin on a ridge of the mountain.
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Finberg 1909, I, p.90.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A River Valley with Mountains Beyond 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-a-river-valley-with-mountains-beyond-r1173582, accessed 24 April 2024.