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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Dryslwyn Castle from the Valley of the Tywi 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Dryslwyn Castle from the Valley of the Tywi’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Verso:
?Dryslwyn Castle from the Valley of the Tywi 1798
D01550
Turner Bequest XL 52a
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘41’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 52 a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is possibly a view in the valley of the Tywi, taken from near Pistyll Dewi, looking north-east towards the runs of Dryslwyn Castle, with the remains of an Iron Age settlement on the hill beyond, behind which is the village of Llangathen. The subject is continued on folio 55 recto opposite (Tate D01551; Turner Bequest XL 53).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Dryslwyn Castle from the Valley of the Tywi 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-dryslwyn-castle-from-the-valley-of-the-tywi-r1173789, accessed 26 April 2024.