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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Cyfarthfa Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping on the Wye ?near Goodrich Castle 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping on the Wye ?near Goodrich Castle’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Shipping on the Wye ?near Goodrich Castle 1798
D01662
Turner Bequest XLI 29
Pencil on white wove paper, 283 x 455 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram at centre
Inscribed in pencil ‘29’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLI – 29’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
It is not certain that this is a view at Goodrich, but the conformation of the low wooded cliffs and the siting of the castle are consistent with that location. A similar scene on D01663 (Turner Bequest XLI 30) may also show Goodrich, as may the coloured drawings on D01648 and D01663 (Turner Bequest XLI 18a, 38).
Technical notes:
The sheet is dirty and dust-stained.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Shipping on the Wye ?near Goodrich Castle 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-shipping-on-the-wye-near-goodrich-castle-r1173278, accessed 20 May 2024.