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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant view of Carreg Cennen Castle from the West 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant view of Carreg Cennen Castle from the West’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
Distant view of Carreg Cennen Castle from the West 1798
D01270
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 20’ bottom left, descending vertically
The viewpoint is near the small village of Trapp. The subject was drawn with the page turned horizontally. For other views of Carreg Cennan, see under folio 23 recto (D01341; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 87).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant view of Carreg Cennen Castle from the West 1798 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 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-view-of-carreg-cennen-castle-from-the-west-r1173165, accessed 20 May 2024.