Watercolour on paper
Drawings Related to the Welsh Tour of
Drawings Related to the Welsh Tour of
North Wales 1799-1801
North Wales 1799-1801
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Caernarvon Castle North Wales
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
Caernarfon, Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
castle
cow
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
farm labourer
fine arts and music
Gray, Thomas, ‘The Bard’
group
groups
instrument, harp
landscape
leisure and pastimes
lifestyle and culture
literary
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
medieval
military
music
music and entertainment
nostalgia
objects
people
periods and styles
places
poet
poetry
river
singing
society
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
valley
Wales
water: inland
woman
wooded
work and occupations
<p>Turner had visited Caernarvon Castle on his tour of Wales in 1798. Here he enriches a panoramic view of the castle and its surroundings with historical and literary associations. The Castle had been built by Edward I in the thirteenth century, and was a symbol of the oppression of the Welsh. Turner introduces a figure of a bard, lamenting his countrymen who had died during the English invasion. In this way he associates the scene with Thomas Gray’s popular poem on this theme, The Bard, while also drawing a parallel with the repressive wartime regime of the current British government.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
2 October 2004 – 15 September 2005
2005-09-15
2 October 2004 – 9 January 2005
2005-01-09
2004-10-02
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales (Cardiff, UK)
30 July 2005 – 15 September 2005
2005-09-15
2005-07-30
Bodelwyddan Castle (Bodelwyddan, UK)
2004-10-02
Turner in North Wales (reciprocal loan for TWM)
Loan-out
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-04
From Architecture to Landscape; Early Work
Collection based display
6 August 2010 – 9 April 2012
2012-04-09
6 August 2010 – 9 April 2012
2012-04-09
2010-08-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-08-06
Romanticism Introduction
Collection based display
21 March 2018 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
21 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
2018-08-26
2018-03-21
Chiostro del Bramante (Rome, Italy)
http://www.chiostrodelbramante.it/
24 September 2018 – 17 February 2019
2019-02-17
2018-09-24
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
26 March 2019 – 28 July 2019
2019-07-28
2019-03-26
Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda (Santiago, Chile)
1 October 2019 – 28 February 2020
2020-02-28
2019-10-01
Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, USA)
16 March 2020 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
2020-03-16
Musée Jacquemart-André (Paris, France)
2018-03-21
Turner Watercolours
Tate partnerships & programmes
Caernarvon Castle, North Wales
support: 706 × 1055 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<span class="text22">Turner</span><span class="text18"> had visited </span><span class="text21">Caernarvon Castle</span><span class="text18"> on his</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text19">tour of Wales in 1798. Here he      enriches  a panoramic view of the castle and its surroundings with      historical and literary associations. The Castle had been built </span><span class="text0">
by Edward I in the thirteenth century, and </span><span class="text19">was a symbol of the oppression of the </span><span class="text18">Welsh. Turner introduces a figure of a bard,</span><span class="text0"> lamenting his countrymen who had died during the English invasion.      In this way he </span><span class="text20">associates the scene with Thomas      Gray’s </span><span class="text19">popular poem on this theme, </span><span class="text17">The Bard</span><span class="text19">, while also drawing a      parallel with</span><span class="text18"> the </span><span class="text0">repressive      wartime regime of the current British government.  </span>
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adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals architecture bridge bridges and viaducts Caernarfon, Caernarfon Castle Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire castle cow emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas farm labourer fine arts and music Gray, Thomas, ‘The Bard’ group groups instrument, harp landscape leisure and pastimes lifestyle and culture literary literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man medieval military music music and entertainment nostalgia objects people periods and styles places poet poetry river singing society UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions valley Wales water: inland woman wooded work and occupations
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