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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Bend of the River Wye under High Cliffs 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Bend of the River Wye under High Cliffs’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Bend of the River Wye under High Cliffs 1798
D02354
Turner Bequest L M
Pencil, watercolour and stopping-out on white wove paper, 269 x 376 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Stamped in black ‘L – M’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The identification of the view as a scene on the Wye is not confirmed.
Technical notes:
In this unfinished study Turner experiments freely with the technique of stopping-out: once the pigment had been removed by means of a brush loaded with clean water, and the paper blotted, further colour could be added in the areas rendered blank. This procedure was to be an important feature of his work in watercolour the following decade.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by a later hand in pencil ‘16’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Bend of the River Wye under High Cliffs 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-a-bend-of-the-river-wye-under-high-cliffs-r1174965, accessed 26 April 2024.