Gouache, graphite 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>
Snowdon and Dinas Emrys above Beddgelert
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
Dinas Emrys
lake
landscape
mountain
places
rocky
Snowdon
Snowdonia
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK man-made landmarks
UK natural features
Wales
water: inland
<p>Turner went back to North Wales in the summer of 1799, armed with some large folded sheets of paper in addition to his usual bound sketchbooks. It was unusual for Turner to sketch in watercolour out of doors, but on this trip he made a number of large-scale studies on the spot, mainly showing the mountains of Snowdonia.</p><p>The vigorous brushwork of this sketch shows Turner's fresh observation of the scene. The practice of sketching from nature in watercolour became more common among British artists in the following decade.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache 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
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
16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
2023-07-14
16 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
2022-03-06
2021-10-16
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
18 May 2022 – 11 September 2022
2022-09-11
2022-05-18
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
8 October 2022 – 5 February 2023
2023-02-05
2022-10-08
National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
http://www.nationalgallery.ie
3 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-03-03
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny, Switzerland)
2021-10-16
Turner Watercolours: Sun is God
Tate partnerships & programmes
Snowdon and Dinas Emrys from above Beddgelert
support: 550 × 763 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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Turner went back to North Wales in the summer of 1799, armed with some large folded sheets of <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> in addition to his usual bound sketchbooks. It was unusual for Turner to sketch in <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> out of doors, but on this trip he made a number of large-scale studies on the spot, mainly showing the mountains of Snowdonia.</p>
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The vigorous brushwork of this sketch shows Turner's fresh observation of the scene. The practice of sketching from nature in watercolour became more common among British artists in the following decade.</p>
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