Academical Sketchbook
Academical Sketchbook
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
Academical 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>
Caernarvon Castle with Sailing Boats Sunset
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat, sailing
Caernarfon, Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
castle
coast
estuary
military
natural phenomena
places
reflection
River Seiont
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
sunset
times of the day
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
Wales
water: inland
<p>Turner sketched Caernarfon Castle many times during his visit to Wales in 1798. He was particularly fascinated with the changing effects of light on the water in front of the Castle, as this sketch demonstrates.</p><p>Although Turner obviously made this informal drawing very quickly, it still shows a profound debt to the carefully balanced classical landscapes of the seventeenth-century artist Claude Lorraine.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique
Caernarvon Castle with Sailing Boats; Sunset
support: 140 × 216 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="text4">Turner sketched Caernarfon Castle many times during his      visit to Wales in 1798. He was particularly fascinated with the changing      effects of light on the water in front of the Castle, as this sketch      demonstrates. </span>
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<span class="text7">Although Turner obviously made this informal <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> </span><span class="text4">very quickly, it still shows a profound debt to the carefully      balanced <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classical</span></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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> of the seventeenth-century artist Claude      Lorraine. </span>
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