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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Llangollen: Houses and an Arch of the Bridge over the River Dee 1794

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Llangollen: Houses and an Arch of the Bridge over the River Dee’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Llangollen: Houses and an Arch of the Bridge over the River Dee 1794
D00333
Turner Bequest XXI G
Pencil on white wove paper, 212 x 276 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Dark Gray’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘XXI G’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Llangollen was a tourist centre from an early date, and its fine stone bridge was a particular object of attraction; other sketches of the neighbourhood include Tate D00336 and D36582 (Turner Bequest XXI I, CCCLXXVII 12).
Verso:
Blank; stamped twice in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed in a later hand ‘136’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Llangollen: Houses and an Arch of the Bridge over the River Dee 1794 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-llangollen-houses-and-an-arch-of-the-bridge-over-the-river-r1141058, accessed 22 November 2024.