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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Usk, Monmouthshire, from the South c.1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Usk, Monmouthshire, from the South’ c.1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Usk, Monmouthshire, from the South c.1798
D01906
Turner Bequest XLIV d
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 325 x 476 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
Stamped in black ‘XLIV – d’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Probably based on a drawing in the 1798 Cyfarthfa sketchbook (Tate D01665; Turner Bequest XLI 32), this elaboration may itself come from that book, or have been made on two pages of another; see the Technical notes that follow.
Technical notes:
The sheet comprises two parts, formerly split, not quite vertically, to the left of centre; the paper is scratched and stained, with holes worn at the centre.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Usk, Monmouthshire, from the South c.1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-usk-monmouthshire-from-the-south-r1174959, accessed 23 April 2024.