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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mountains 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mountains’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Verso:
Mountains 1798
D41255
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram centre left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rapid outline, drawn with the page turned horizontally, possibly records the silhouette of Moel Hebog from the east.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Mountains 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-mountains-r1173586, accessed 24 April 2024.