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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The Gorge of the River Ceirw 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Gorge of the River Ceirw’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
?The Gorge of the River Ceirw 1808
D06885
Turner Bequest CIV 23
Pencil on white laid paper, 98 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CIV 23’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See Introduction to the sketchbook for Turner’s excursion into Wales from Tabley in 1808. This might be the gorge of the River Ceirw near Glyn Diffwys; see note to folio 11 (D06871; Turner Bequest CIV 10).
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David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?The Gorge of the River Ceirw 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, 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-gorge-of-the-river-ceirw-r1133641, accessed 22 November 2024.