ID: 700000060 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000060	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Conway Castle, North Wales (watercolor (painting); Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851); 1798; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 95.GC.10)

Note: This is the largest of Turner's four extant watercolors of this medieval castle on the northern coast of Wales. Turner portrays the landscape and ocean in a dramatic fashion, using angry clouds, sunshine, and roiling waves to animate the scene and emphasize the struggle of the fishermen.

Titles:

Conway Castle, North Wales (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

watercolor (painting) [300078925] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: 1798

Creator Display:

Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851) [preferred,VP]

painter Turner, Joseph Mallord William (English painter and draftsman, 1775-1851) [500026846]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 95.GC.10

Display Materials: watercolor and gum Arabic washes with graphite underdrawing

	watercolor (paint) [300015045]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gum arabic [300012869]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, gum (material))

	graphite (mineral) [300011098]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	underdrawings [300069430]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by function>, preliminary drawings (drawings))

	wash technique [300182748]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)

Dimensions: 53.6 x 76.7 cm (21 1/8 in. x 30 1/8 inches)

Cultures:

English (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Romantic (modern European styles) [300172863] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

seascapes (preferred)

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	Conwy Castle [700000063]
	.....(Conwy Castle [700000063], Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, and engineering works [700009566], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	seascape [300117546]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	storms [300054734]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), natural events) (AAT)

	fishers (people) [300025608]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in agriculture or natural resource occupations>) (AAT)

	rock (inorganic material) [300011692]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material) (AAT)

	oceans (marine bodies of water) [300008687]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), marine bodies of water, <marine bodies of water by biome>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Conway Castle, North Wales	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 10 February 2004