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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View along Llyn Cwellyn towards Craig Cwm Bychan 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View along Llyn Cwellyn towards Craig Cwm Bychan’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
View along Llyn Cwellyn towards Craig Cwm Bychan 1798
D01382
Turner Bequest XXXIX 27
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Part watermark ‘1794’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘27’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 27’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is a more elaborate drawing of this view, though from a viewpoint closer to the margin of the lake, in the contemporary Hereford Court sketchbook (Tate D01351; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 97), which is inscribed on the verso with the names of two potential patrons, ‘Honble Mr Lacelles’ and ‘Pope’; for both patrons see under D01351, and the Introductory note to Hereford Court.
Another view of Llyn Cwellyn from the south east is on folio 29 recto (D01384); see also folios 26 recto and 28 recto (D01381, D01383).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View along Llyn Cwellyn towards Craig Cwm Bychan 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-along-llyn-cwellyn-towards-craig-cwm-bychan-r1173610, accessed 17 July 2024.