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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Llandovery Castle 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Llandovery Castle’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Llandovery Castle 1798
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Turner Bequest XXXVIII 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 16’ bottom left, descending vertically
The subject was drawn with the page turned horizontally. Turner made a view of Llandovery in his Dynevor Castle sketchbook (Tate D01560–D01561; Turner Bequest XL 57a–58), and a large colour study or unfinished watercolour is Tate D02352 (Turner Bequest L K).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Llandovery 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-llandovery-castle-r1173159, accessed 22 November 2024.