- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 550 × 763 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D03651
Turner Bequest LX a J
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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.
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.
Gallery label, September 2004
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