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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Llanllyfni 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Llanllyfni’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Verso:
Llanllyfni 1799
D02034
Turner Bequest XLVI 26a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Lllwnefe]’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The artist Jeremy Yates has provided the identification of this view,1 which shows the village of Llanllyfni, south of Penegroes on the road from Harlech to Caernarfon. It is confirmed by the next drawing, on folio 27 verso (D02036), which is another view in the vicinity of Penegroes. The church is that of St Rhedyw, one of the oldest in Wales, which may have been Turner’s reason for stopping to make this rapid sketch.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

1
Personal communication.

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Llanllyfni 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-llanllyfni-r1179893, accessed 22 November 2024.