Gouache and 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>
Destruction Bards by Edward I
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
army
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
cloud
figure
Gray, Thomas, ‘The Bard’
groups
history
landscape
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
military
mountain
people
places
Snowdon
Snowdonia
storm
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
valley
Wales
Wales, Edward I’s invasion, late 13th c.
weather
<p>This painting seems to be an abandoned companion to 'Caernarvon Castle'. Perhaps consciously, the two paintings perfectly illustrate the fashionable aesthetic concepts of 'beautiful' and 'sublime'. It is more faithful, however, to Gray's 'The Bard', particularly where the poem describes Edward I's army winding through Snowdonia (open in a nearby display case). Historically, Edward's final advance in 1283 preceded the building of Caernarvon Castle. It is this earlier moment which lies at the heart of Turner's landscape of breathtaking savageness, paralleling that of the advancing force. The archetypal image of the Bard issuing his curse from the mountains above is absent, although this is perhaps experimented with on another sheet (shown adjacently).</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache 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
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-04
From Architecture to Landscape; Early Work
Collection based display
8 February 2013 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
8 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-08
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
4 June 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-06-04
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
8 October 2013 – 18 December 2013
2013-12-18
2013-10-08
Toyko Metropolitan Art Museum (Toyko, Japan)
1 January 2014 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
2014-01-01
Kobe City Museum (Kobe, Japan)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
21 March 2018 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
21 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
2018-08-26
2018-03-21
Chiostro del Bramante (Rome, Italy)
http://www.chiostrodelbramante.it/
24 September 2018 – 17 February 2019
2019-02-17
2018-09-24
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
26 March 2019 – 28 July 2019
2019-07-28
2019-03-26
Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda (Santiago, Chile)
1 October 2019 – 28 February 2020
2020-02-28
2019-10-01
Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, USA)
2018-03-21
Turner Watercolours
Tate partnerships & programmes
6 July 2019 – 2 May 2021
2021-05-02
15 October 2020 – 2 May 2021
2021-05-02
2020-10-15
Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (Québec, Canada)
http://www.mnba.qc.ca
2019-07-06
The Sea and the Alps: Turner's Quest for the Sublime
Tate partnerships & programmes
6 July 2024 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
1 June 2026 – 1 October 2026
2026-10-01
2026-06-01
External
15 November 2026 – 15 March 2027
2027-03-15
2026-11-15
External
1 May 2027 – 1 September 2027
2027-09-01
2027-05-01
External
15 October 2027 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
2027-10-15
External
2024-07-06
Turner's Sublime Legacy
Tate partnerships & programmes
The Destruction of the Bards by Edward I
support: 679 × 1000 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>This <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> seems to be an abandoned companion  to 'Caernarvon Castle'. Perhaps consciously, the  two paintings perfectly illustrate the fashionable  aesthetic concepts of 'beautiful' 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/s/sublime" title="Glossary definition for 'Sublime'"><span>sublime</span></a>'.  It is more faithful, however, to Gray's 'The  Bard', particularly where the poem describes  Edward I's army winding through Snowdonia (open  in a nearby display case). Historically, Edward's  final advance in 1283 preceded the building of  Caernarvon Castle. It is this earlier moment which  lies at the heart of Turner's <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> of  breathtaking savageness, paralleling that of the  advancing force. The archetypal image of the Bard  issuing his curse from the mountains above is  absent, although this is perhaps experimented with  on another sheet (shown adjacently).</p>
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adults army Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire cloud figure Gray, Thomas, ‘The Bard’ groups history landscape literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) military mountain people places Snowdon Snowdonia storm UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features valley Wales Wales, Edward I’s invasion, late 13th c. weather
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