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Lot Essay
Traditionally thought to be a view in Westmorland, visited by Turner in 1797 but identified by Andrew Wilton as a view in North Wales, perhaps showing Cader Idris in the background. Comparable watercolours of both localities are Ambleside Mill, Westmorland, Royal Academy 1798 (University of Liverpool; A. Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, Fribourg and London 1979, p. 326, no. 237, illustrated) and A Bridge over the Dyfi near Dinas Mawddwy, 1798. (Tate Britain, Turner Bequest XXXIII-A; A. Wilton, Turner in Wales, exhibition catalogue, Llandudno, Mostyn Art Gallery, and Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, 1984, p. 56, no. 59, illustrated).
Turner toured Wales in 1798 from Bristol, where he stayed with his friends the Narraways. Joseph Farrington wrote in his diary for 26 September 'William Turner called on me. He has been in South and North Wales this summer - alone and on horseback - out 7 weeks. Much rain but better effects - one clear day and Snowdon appeared green and unpicturesque at the top' (see Wilton, op.cit., p. 52).
Turner toured Wales in 1798 from Bristol, where he stayed with his friends the Narraways. Joseph Farrington wrote in his diary for 26 September 'William Turner called on me. He has been in South and North Wales this summer - alone and on horseback - out 7 weeks. Much rain but better effects - one clear day and Snowdon appeared green and unpicturesque at the top' (see Wilton, op.cit., p. 52).