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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Nant Ffrancon with Tryfan and Glyder Vawr 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Nant Ffrancon with Tryfan and Glyder Vawr’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Recto:
Nant Ffrancon with Tryfan and Glyder Vawr 1799
D02029
Turner Bequest XLVI 23
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘2 Glydir Vaur’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 23’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is one of a sequence of sketches noting the panorama of mountains between Nant Peris and Nant Ffrancon: see also folios 22 recto and verso (D02027–D02028).
Verso:
Blank; washed with a pale buff ground.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Nant Ffrancon with Tryfan and Glyder Vawr 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-nant-ffrancon-with-tryfan-and-glyder-vawr-r1179888, accessed 27 April 2024.