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
<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>
Colour Llanberis Lake and Snowdon
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
lake
landscape
Llanberis Lake
mountain
places
Snowdon
Snowdonia
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
Wales
water: inland
<p>While the sketches Turner made outdoors record the landscape south of Snowdon, the studio work he produced subsequently focuses on sites of historic and literary resonance which lie adjacent to the mountain and to the north. This move towards high art is most apparent in his depictions of castles, and narrative subjects, exhibited elsewhere in this gallery. In the following four views, however, it is the pictorial potential of natural landscape features which is Turner's primary concern. Forsaking topographical accuracy, these studies are compelling experiments in idealised landscape painting. They embody Turner's progress beyond the conventions of tightly controlled watercolour painting, and transcend Wilson's influence in the production of powerful atmospheric effects.</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
Colour Study: Llanberis Lake and Snowdon
support: 547 × 765 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 the sketches Turner made outdoors record the  <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> south of Snowdon, the studio work he  produced subsequently focuses on sites of historic  and literary resonance which lie adjacent to the  mountain and to the north. This move towards high  art is most apparent in his depictions of castles,  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/n/narrative" title="Glossary definition for 'Narrative'"><span>narrative</span></a> subjects, exhibited elsewhere in  this gallery. In the following four views,  however, it is the pictorial potential of natural  landscape features which is Turner's primary  concern. Forsaking topographical accuracy, these  studies are compelling experiments in idealised  landscape <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>. They embody Turner's progress  beyond the conventions of tightly controlled  <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> painting, and transcend Wilson's  influence in the production of powerful  atmospheric effects.</p>
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Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire lake landscape Llanberis Lake mountain places Snowdon Snowdonia UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features Wales water: inland
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