Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Outline of Mountains: ?Snowdon from Llanberis Lake 1799
Pencil on white wove paper, 548 x 707 mm
Watermark ‘J Whatman 1794’
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram above ‘LXX – Y’ bottom left
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not mentioned by Finberg,
1 this slight drawing seems to be a study of the spur of Snowdon that rises immediately behind Dolbadarn Castle as seen from across Llanberis Lake in Turner’s series of views. For another pencil study apparently made on the spot on the reverse of one of these large sheets see Tate D40546 (the verso of Tate D04177; Turner Bequest LXX Z).
There is a watercolour view of the lake and castle on the recto of the present sheet (Tate D04176; Turner Bequest LXX Y).
