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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > North Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View across Llyn Cwellyn towards Snowdon 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View across Llyn Cwellyn towards Snowdon’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
View across Llyn Cwellyn towards Snowdon 1798
D01381
Turner Bequest XXXIX 26
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Quathlin’ towards bottom left
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘26’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 26’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. There is a more elaborate version of this view with some watercolour in the contemporary Hereford Court sketchbook (Tate D01330; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 76). Other sketches of Llyn Cwellyn are on the rectos of folios 27–29 (D01382–D01384) of the present book.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View across Llyn Cwellyn towards Snowdon 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-view-across-llyn-cwellyn-towards-snowdon-r1173608, accessed 22 December 2024.