威尔士景观: 山景与村庄和城堡-晚上

The tours Turner made to Wales in the 1790s were formative experiences, encompassing mountain scenery and picturesque ruins. By the end of the decade he had become an admirer of the Welsh artist Richard Wilson (1713–1782), who recorded his native landscape with a classical restraint. Turner even travelled to the earlier artist’s birthplace at Penegoes in Montgomeryshire. This work was painted at that time, but not exhibited. It may have been developed as an exercise in the manner of Wilson. Or perhaps Turner hoped to find a buyer among the amateurs who came to him for drawing or painting lessons.