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
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>
A River among Wild Rocks and Woods with a Distant Valley
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
landscape
river
rocky
valley
water: inland
wooded
<p>While this view has never been identified, it has previously been associated with the Welsh subjects of 1799-1800. Its dark woodland foreground and airy sense of distance, however, perhaps relate it more readily to Turner's work for Beckford. The study seems particularly close to a drawing made at Fonthill (exhibited adjacently) and it may even be an intermediate colour sketch for the finished watercolour derived from this (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts). Both the Beckford commission and the Welsh tour inspired sublime qualities in Turner's work. This naturally engendered some degree of thematic and technical crossover in the two resulting groups of works, which were executed almost simultaneously.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 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
A River among Wild Rocks and Woods, with a Distant Valley
support: 681 × 1009 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>While this view has never been identified, it has  previously been associated with the Welsh subjects  of 1799-1800. Its dark woodland foreground and  airy sense of distance, however, perhaps relate it  more readily to Turner's work for Beckford.  The study seems particularly close to 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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a>  made at Fonthill (exhibited adjacently) and it  may even be an intermediate colour sketch for the  finished <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>watercolour</span></a> derived from this (Montreal  Museum of Fine Arts). Both the Beckford commission  and the Welsh tour inspired <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> qualities in  Turner's work. This naturally engendered some  degree of thematic and technical crossover in the  two resulting groups of works, which were executed  almost simultaneously.</p>
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landscape river rocky valley water: inland wooded
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