Graphite on paper
Cyfarthfa Sketchbook
Cyfarthfa Sketchbook
Wales 1798
Wales 1798
Cyfarthfa Sketchbook
Merthyr Tydfil
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>
Cyfarthfa Ironworks NorthWest
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Cyfarthfa
foundry
hill
industrial
landscape
Merthyr Tydfil
places
rocky
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
Wales
wooded
<p>Turner’s early commissions rarely reflected his clients’ commercial interests. These sketches relate to his first commission for manufacturing subjects, from Anthony Bacon for views of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, south west Wales. Bacon inherited the ironworks from his father and leased them to Richard Crawshay who turned them into the largest in the world. Cyfarthfa’s products included cannon for the Royal Navy. Nelson visited the works in 1802. No finished versions of these sketches are known.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
View of Cyfarthfa Ironworks ?from the North-West
support: 288 × 457 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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<p>Turner’s early commissions rarely reflected his clients’ commercial interests. These sketches relate to his first commission for manufacturing subjects, from Anthony Bacon for views of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, south west Wales. Bacon inherited the ironworks from his father and leased them to Richard Crawshay who turned them into the largest in the world. Cyfarthfa’s products included cannon for the Royal Navy. Nelson visited the works in 1802. No finished versions of these sketches are known.</p>
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