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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Penrhyn Castle from the South 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Penrhyn Castle from the South’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Recto:
Distant View of Penrhyn Castle from the South 1799
D02018
Turner Bequest XLVI 17
Pencil white wove paper prepared with a pale buff ground, 130 x 79 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘17’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 17’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this view is continued on folio 16 verso opposite (D02017), under which the subject is discussed. The trees isolated at the top left here presumably form an extension of the skyline to the left of the house in the main drawing.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant View of Penrhyn Castle from the South 1799 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-view-of-penrhyn-castle-from-the-south-r1179877, accessed 20 April 2024.