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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Conwy Castle from the East 1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 105 Recto:
Conwy Castle from the East 1799
D02149
Turner Bequest XLVI 105
Pencil on a white wove paper prepared with a yellow ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘105’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 105’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of Conwy Castle, made with the page turned horizontally, is taken from a point further south than the viewpoint of the preceding sketch on folio 104 verso opposite (D02148), and apparently from farther away.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Conwy Castle from the East 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-from-the-east-r1180008, accessed 29 March 2024.