Graphite, watercolour and gouache 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
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Mountains near Beddgelert with Dinas Emrys
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
Dinas Emrys
landscape
mountain
places
river
River Glaslyn
Snowdonia
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK man-made landmarks
UK natural features
valley
Wales
water: inland
<p>Turner's visits to Wales in the last years of the eighteenth century resulted in a series of impressive watercolours of the valleys around Snowdon, many of which were clearly sketched and coloured in the open air. This view develops a composition Turner had already adopted on another sheet of paper, so it is possible that he worked it up at a later point on his tour, creating a more considered response to the scene. The introduction of cloud and mist on the mountains perhaps suggests that Turner was actually recording these effects from nature, but his earlier study also implies their presence, so he would have been able to work them up from memory.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour gouache
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
Mountains near Beddgelert, with Dinas Emrys
support: 550 × 767 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
<p>Turner's visits to Wales in the last years of the eighteenth century resulted in a series of impressive <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> of the valleys around Snowdon, many of which were clearly sketched and coloured in the open air. This view develops a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> Turner had already adopted on another sheet of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a>, so it is possible that he worked it up at a later point on his tour, creating a more considered response to the scene. The introduction of cloud and mist on the mountains perhaps suggests that Turner was actually recording these effects from nature, but his earlier study also implies their presence, so he would have been able to work them up from memory.</p>
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Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire Dinas Emrys landscape mountain places river River Glaslyn Snowdonia UK counties UK countries and regions UK man-made landmarks UK natural features valley Wales water: inland
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