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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Valley with a Winding River, and High Mountains Beyond 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Valley with a Winding River, and High Mountains Beyond’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
A Valley with a Winding River, and High Mountains Beyond 1798
D01360
Turner Bequest XXXIX 5
Pencil and gouache on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Part watermark ‘1794’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 5’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The distant range has a silhouette resembling that of Snowdon seen from the West, and this may be a view of that mountain from the Seiont Valley, drawn with the page turned horizontally; compare a watercolour drawing in the contemporary Hereford Court sketchbook (Tate D01352; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 98).
Verso:
Blank; a very slight pencil mark; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Valley with a Winding River, and High 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-valley-with-a-winding-river-and-high-mountains-beyond-r1173587, accessed 25 April 2024.