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>
Caernarvon Castle East
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Caernarfon, Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
castle
estuary
medieval
military
periods and styles
places
River Seiont
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
Wales
water: inland
<p>This watercolour originated in the sketching tour of Wales Turner made in 1798. Such tours were an important source of new subjects for the artist. Having gathered the raw materials for new compositions, he would try to persuade patrons to commission fully developed watercolours.</p><p>Turner may have made this design in preparation for a large watercolour of Caernarfon Castle that he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1799.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
Caernarvon Castle from the East
support: 220 × 282 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="text0">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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> originated in the sketching tour of      Wales Turner made  in 1798. Such tours were an important source of new      subjects for the artist. Having gathered the raw materials  for new      <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/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>compositions</span></a>, he would try  to persuade patrons to commission  fully      developed watercolours.  </span>
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<span class="text0">Turner may have made this design  in preparation for a      large watercolour  of Caernarfon Castle that he exhibited  at the Royal      Academy in 1799. </span>
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