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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Two Mill-Wheels at Aberdulais Mill 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Two Mill-Wheels at Aberdulais Mill’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Study of Two Mill-Wheels at Aberdulais Mill 1795
D00562
Turner Bequest XXVI 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 203 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘10’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 10’ bottom right
Turner no doubt referred to this study when painting his watercolour of Aberdulais Mill (National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth); 1 see also folios 6 recto, 7 recto, 9 recto and 11 recto (D00558, D00559, D00561, D00563).
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Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.489 no.169a, reproduced.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Two Mill-Wheels at Aberdulais Mill 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-study-of-two-mill-wheels-at-aberdulais-mill-r1140889, accessed 04 July 2024.