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 Looking along the Vale of Llangollen towards Dinas Brân 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Looking along the Vale of Llangollen towards Dinas Brân’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
Looking along the Vale of Llangollen towards Dinas Brân 1798
D01394
Turner Bequest XXXIX 39
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘39’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 39’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Another view in the Vale of Llangollen, with Dinas Brân, also made with the page turned horizontally, is on folio 40 recto (D01393; Turner Bequest XXXIX 38).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Looking along the Vale of Llangollen towards Dinas Brân 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-looking-along-the-vale-of-llangollen-towards-dinas-bran-r1173625, accessed 18 April 2024.