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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Mouth of the River Neath at Briton Ferry 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Mouth of the River Neath at Briton Ferry’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
The Mouth of the River Neath at Briton Ferry 1795
D00565
Turner Bequest XXVI 13
Pencil on white wove paper, 203 x 264 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Warm Purple [?yet] Greenish | Shadows Water [?C] | Stronger – | Warm Shadow of Grey | Sand’ top right and ‘13’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 13’ bottom left, descending vertically
The identification of the view is confirmed by Elis Jenkins. The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Mouth of the River Neath at Briton Ferry 1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-mouth-of-the-river-neath-at-briton-ferry-r1140892, accessed 04 July 2024.