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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Caerphilly Castle from the West 1798-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Caerphilly Castle from the West’ 1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Distant View of Caerphilly Castle from the West 1798–9
D01754
Turner Bequest XLII 79
Pencil on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Watermark ‘5’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘79’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 79’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 39 verso opposite (D01753; Turner Bequest XLI 78), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant View of Caerphilly Castle from the West 1798–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-distant-view-of-caerphilly-castle-from-the-west-r1173950, accessed 27 September 2024.