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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Moel Eilio and Llyn Dwythwch 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Moel Eilio and Llyn Dwythwch’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Moel Eilio and Llyn Dwythwch 1799
D02024
Turner Bequest XLVI 20
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale buff ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Ly duthurch’ right of centre and ‘4’, ‘4’, ‘5’, ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘8’ and ‘9’ elsewhere in the drawing
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 20’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rapid horizontal sketch was probably made from the same spot as that on folio 19 verso opposite (D02023). The artist has turned about forty degrees to his right, to take in the range of mountains west of Snowdon, dominated by Moel Eilio, the peak at the western extremity of the ridge. Llyn Dwythwch, the name of which he has noted in the drawing, is a small lake on the eastern flank of Moel Eilio. He made panoramas over two or more leaves on the following pages, folios 20 verso–21 recto, 22 recto, and 22 verso–23 recto (D02025–D02029).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Moel Eilio and Llyn Dwythwch 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-moel-eilio-and-llyn-dwythwch-r1179883, accessed 26 April 2024.