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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of the Walls of Caernarvon Castle c.1798-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of the Walls of Caernarvon Castle’ c.1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
Part of the Walls of Caernarvon Castle c.1798–9
D01863
Turner Bequest XLIII 43
Watercolour on blue laid paper prepared with a red-brown ground, 140 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘43’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLIII – 43’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this rapid and incomplete study is perhaps derived from the elaborate pencil drawing of Caernarvon in the 1798 Hereford Court sketchbook (Tate D01348; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 94); there are also slight pencil studies of the walls of the castle from much the same viewpoint in the 1799 Lancashire and North Wales sketchbook (Tate D01947, D01949, D01951; Turner Bequest XLV 24a, 25a, 26a).
Technical notes:
There is some white gouache offset from folio 43 verso (D01862; Turner Bequest XLIII 42a).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Part of the Walls of Caernarvon Castle c.1798–9 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-part-of-the-walls-of-caernarvon-castle-r1174063, accessed 25 April 2024.