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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Moel Hebog 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Moel Hebog’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Verso:
Moel Hebog 1799
D02097
Turner Bequest XLVI 65a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by turner in pencil ‘do [i.e. ditto] Mawr drwse Coade’ top left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The inscription indicates that this drawing, made with the page turned horizontally, is one of a sequence apparently recording a panorama of mountains seen looking south from Snowdon; see also folios 64 verso and 66 recto opposite (D02095, D02098).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Moel Hebog 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-hebog-r1179956, accessed 19 September 2024.