Graphite on paper
North Wales Sketchbook
North Wales Sketchbook
Wales 1798
Wales 1798
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
North Wales Sketchbook
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>
A Waterfall
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
water: inland
waterfall
<p>Turner used this sketchbook on a tour to North Wales in 1798. It includes several drawings of waterfalls. Their vertical format and compressed compositions create a sense of drama.</p><p>It was around 1798 that Turner began to develop a more spectacular and ‘Sublime’ interpretation of the national landscape. This approach shows Turner’s growing intellectual and social ambitions, which could hardly be sustained by the more modest, careful records of ancient buildings he had previously produced.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
A Waterfall
support: 266 × 170 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="text9">Turner used this sketchbook on a tour to North Wales  
in 1798. It includes several <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> of waterfalls. Their </span><span class="text8">vertical format and compressed compositions create </span><span class="text9">
a sense of drama. </span>
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<span class="text4">It was around 1798 that Turner began to develop a more</span><span class="text9"> spectacular and ‘<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sublime" title="Glossary definition for 'Sublime'"><span>Sublime</span></a>’ interpretation of the      national </span><span class="text10"><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a>. This approach shows      Turner’s growing  intellectual and social ambitions, which could      hardly  be sustained by the more modest, careful records </span><span class="text9">
of ancient buildings he had previously produced.  </span>
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