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Figure 36 Conway Castle, North Wales; 1798;
artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner (English painter and draftsman, 1775-1851);
watercolor and gum arabic with graphite underdrawing; 53.7 x 76.5 cm (21 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, CA). 95.GC.10 © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 watercolor (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    prints and drawings
    European Art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 Conway Castle, North Whales (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 Joseph Mallord William Turner (English painter and draftsman, 1775-1851) (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 Turner, Joseph Mallord William (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 painter

  • Creation Date:🔺 1798 (value type: free text)
    Earliest:🔺 1798 Latest: 1798 (value type: controlled format)

Style/Period/Group/Movement

  • Indexing Terms: Romantic (value type: authority)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 53.7 x 76.5 cm (21 1/8 in. x 30 1/8 inches) (value type: free text)

  • Value: 53.7 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 76.5 Unit: cm Type: width (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 watercolor and gum Arabic washes with graphite underdrawing (value type: free text)

  • Material Name:
    watercolor Role: medium
    gum arabic Role: medium
    graphite Role: medium
    paper Role: support (value type: authority)
    Technique Name:
    underdrawing
    wash technique (value type: authority)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    seascape
    Conway Castle (Wales, United Kingdom)
    ocean
    coast
    storm
    fishermen
    rocks
    struggle
    Classical architecture (value type: authority)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: The Welsh landscape exerted a strong hold on Turner, and he made several sketching trips there in the 1790s. In this early Romantic painting, Turner represented the dramatic effects of natural light, allowing sunshine breaking through the clouds to illuminate the castle and the coast beyond. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 10 February 2004 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 95.GC.10 (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 23 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 36 Conway Castle, North Wales; 1798;
artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner (English painter and draftsman, 1775-1851);
watercolor and gum arabic with graphite underdrawing; 53.7 x 76.5 cm (21 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, CA). 95.GC.10 © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.