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As a young man, William Turner removed himself from the competitive London art world and returned to his native Oxford to teach and paint in solitude. This retreat may have been because he shared the same name as his contemporary Joseph Mallord William Turner, or it may have been prompted by his apparently retiring personality. He painted prolifically and traveled widely in Britain in search of subjects. This watercolor describes the dramatic mountain scenery of north Wales. The close-up view of the hillside and sheep in the left foreground juxtaposed with the sweeping vista of the mountains of Snowdonia invites a comparison of the minute with the infinite.
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168281
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A View from Moel Cynwich: Looking Over the Vale of Afon Mawddach and Toward Cader Idris
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168281
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drawing
title
A View from Moel Cynwich: Looking Over the Vale of Afon Mawddach and Toward Cader Idris
description
As a young man, William Turner removed himself from the competitive London art world and returned to his native Oxford to teach and paint in solitude. This retreat may have been because he shared the same name as his contemporary Joseph Mallord William Turner, or it may have been prompted by his apparently retiring personality. He painted prolifically and traveled widely in Britain in search of subjects. This watercolor describes the dramatic mountain scenery of north Wales. The close-up view of the hillside and sheep in the left foreground juxtaposed with the sweeping vista of the mountains of Snowdonia invites a comparison of the minute with the infinite.
date
c. 1850
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80073930
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59244
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 48.9 x 70.3 cm (19 1/4 x 27 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 49.5 x 70.8 cm (19 1/2 x 27 7/8 in.)
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England, 19th century
accession
2010.147
Source extras
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watercolor with scratch-away, heightened with white
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A View from Moel Cynwich: Looking Over the Vale of Afon Mawddach and Toward Cader Idris, c. 1850. William Turner (British, 1789–1862). Watercolor with scratch-away, heightened with white; sheet: 48.9 x 70.3 cm (19 1/4 x 27 11/16 in.); secondary support: 49.5 x 70.8 cm (19 1/2 x 27 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2010.147
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DR - British
didYouKnow
In 1808, William Turner was elected the then youngest member of London's Society of Painters in Water Colours.
citations
citation
Libson, Lowell. <em>Lowell Libson Ltd: The First Five Years</em>. London: Lowell Libson, 2007.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 108; Reproduced: p. 9
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, "Cleveland Museum of Art Announces Newest Acquisitions," September 7, 2010, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
citation
Mann, C. Griffith. "Acquisitions 2010." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 51, no. 2 (March/April 2011): 10-27.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 16
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 92-95, 149, no. 31; Reproduced: cover, pp. 93, 94-95
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 53 no. 03, May/June 2013
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 3
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 08:39:28.330000
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168281
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DR - British
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watercolor with scratch-away, heightened with white
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