Graphite and watercolour on paper
Drawings Connected with the Kent and Welsh Tours of 1798, and Other Works
Drawings Connected with the Kent and Welsh Tours of 1798, and Other Works
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
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>
North Wales A SingleArched Stone Bridge and a Cottage with Aran Fawddwy Beyond
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
Aran Fawddwy
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
cottage
domestic
landscape
laundering
mountain
people
places
residential
river
road
rocky
Snowdonia
townscapes / man-made features
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
Wales
water: inland
waterfall
woman
work and occupations
<p>Artists were drawn to the  mountainous scenery of Wales at  the end of the eighteenth century,  when the Napoleonic wars prevented  safe travel to the continent. Welsh  scenery offered the dramatic qualities  of the Alps within British shores.</p><p>Turner made his first of five tours to  Wales in 1792. In 1798 he made his  most comprehensive tour, travelling  over five hundred miles through north  and south Wales. These excursions provided Turner with the inspiration  to develop the scale, technique and grandeur of his watercolours.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
North Wales: A Single-Arched Stone Bridge and a Cottage, with ?Aran Fawddwy Beyond
support: 277 × 434 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>
Artists were drawn to the <br/>
mountainous scenery of Wales at <br/>
the end of the eighteenth century, <br/>
when the Napoleonic wars prevented <br/>
safe travel to the continent. Welsh <br/>
scenery offered the dramatic qualities <br/>
of the Alps within British shores.</p>
<p>
 </p>
<p>
Turner made his first of five tours to <br/>
Wales in 1792. In 1798 he made his <br/>
most comprehensive tour, travelling <br/>
over five hundred miles through north <br/>
and south Wales. These excursions provided Turner with the inspiration <br/>
to develop the scale, technique and grandeur of his <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>.</p>
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adults Aran Fawddwy architecture bridge bridges and viaducts Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire cottage domestic landscape laundering mountain people places residential river road rocky Snowdonia townscapes / man-made features UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features Wales waterfall water: inland woman work and occupations
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