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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Wooded Hill beside a River 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Hill beside a River’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Verso:
A Wooded Hill beside a River 1798
D01545
Turner Bequest XL 49a
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘44’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 49 a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continuing on folio 52 recto opposite (D01546; Turner Bequest XL 50), this subject is difficult to identify, but may be a view in the valley of the Taff, or on the Tywi near Llandeilo; see folios 53 verso–54 recto (D01548–D01549; Turner Bequest XL 51a–52). The wooded hill is similar to that on which Dynevor Castle stands, just west of Llandeilo, though no castle is visible here.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Wooded Hill beside a River 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-wooded-hill-beside-a-river-r1173784, accessed 25 April 2024.