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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Conwy Castle Seen from the North-East, with Mountains Beyond 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Conwy Castle Seen from the North-East, with Mountains Beyond’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 104 Verso:
Conwy Castle Seen from the North-East, with Mountains Beyond 1799
D02148
Turner Bequest XLVI 104a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is a slightly more developed statement of the view noted on folio 99 verso (D02141), and like that sketch probably taken from the ferry across the Conwy estuary. Compare the drawings on folios 107 verso and 108 recto (D02154– D02155).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Conwy Castle Seen from the North-East, with Mountains Beyond 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-conwy-castle-seen-from-the-north-east-with-mountains-beyond-r1180007, accessed 19 September 2024.