Casgliadau Celf Arlein

Yr Oleufa [The Beacon Light]

TURNER, Joseph Mallord William (1775 - 1851)

Cyfrwng: olew ar gynfas

Maint: 61.5 x 96.0 cm

Derbyniwyd: 1952; Cymynrodd; Gwendoline Davies

Rhif Derbynoli: NMW A 433

Casgliad: Casgliad y Chwiorydd Davies

Cafodd y paentiad hwn ei wrthod fel gwaith dilys ym 1956. Fe’i disgrifir yn y catalog cyflawn o baentiadau Turner, 1977, fel ‘a partly reworked fragmentcuriously unauthentic appearance… has certainly been worked on by a hand other than Turner’s’. Ar ôl archwilio’r deunyddiau a’r technegau, fodd bynnag, mae’r arbenigwyr yn derbyn mai ôl llaw Turner a neb arall ydyw. 

Mae Turner yn cyfleu effeithiau’r golau ar y môr tymhestlog a’r tonnau gwyllt sy’n tasgu yn erbyn y clogwyn. Ei nod oedd archwilio natur y môr dan awyr gyfnewidiol yn hytrach na phortreadu man penodol. Fodd bynnag, wedi i lun goleudy ar ymyl clogwyn gael ei ddarganfod dan y paent ar yr wyneb, aed ati i ymchwilio o’r newydd i’r lleoliad posibl. Credwyd mai golygfa o Needles ar Ynys Wyth oedd hon yn wreiddiol, ond bellach, mae’n debyg mai’r arfordir rhwng St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe, i’r gogledd o Dover yn edrych tuag at oleudy a goleufa South Foreland ydyw. Mae tystiolaeth yn awgrymu bod gan Turner dŷ yn St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe tua’r cyfnod yma. 

Prynodd Gwendoline Davies Yr OIeufa am £2,625 mewn ocsiwn drwy Hugh Blaker ym mis Mehefin 1922. 

sylw (21)

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Karl Jensen
9 Mai 2022, 15:37

Hello National Museum Wales,

I have only recently found and started watching with great interest the BBC show Fake or Fortune.

I want to pass along some images I have found on Google Books pertaining to Turner's The Beacon Light. I don't think the Fake or Fortune show mentioned in provenance that Ralph Brocklebank Esq. had owned the painting before the Davies sisters. While it was in his possession it was attributed to Turner, even listed as a Turner in Sir Walter Armstong's 1902 book Turner. Funny that it should have developed such doubt later that Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce were able to put to rest.

I would guess you are already aware of all this, but in case you are not, I would be happy to share my findings if you would give me an email address to accept them.

Cheers,

Karl Jensen
New Jersey, USA

Jennifer Dudley Staff Amgueddfa Cymru
26 Tachwedd 2021, 10:32

Hi Tina,

Thank you for your enquiry. This work does not have a signature on it. In fact, it has an interesting history as its authorship by Turner was once disputed and it was the subject of a BBC show called 'Fake or Fortune'.

Best wishes,
Jennifer Dudley
Curator: Art Collections Management and Access

Tina
8 Hydref 2021, 06:44
Is there any type of inscription (signature) on the painting?
jlb
7 Ebrill 2014, 22:19
hi,

i recognised this cliff immediately it is the beach that i spent my childhood on, not off the cost of Margate, not even in Thanet, but it's the cliff that dominates the beach at St Margarets Bay in between Dover and Deal on the south east kent coast.

wonderful painting and even more wonderful place,

jlb
Jo Blackham
2 Hydref 2012, 15:56
I do so hope that this will be available from your 'print on demand' service. Since I saw it on the BBC I've been haunted by it - in a good way - and would love to have a copy.
John Rowlands Staff Amgueddfa Cymru
24 Medi 2012, 16:36

Here's a link to the exhibition page:

J.M.W. Turner: The Davies Collection

John Rowlands Staff Amgueddfa Cymru
24 Medi 2012, 11:46
Thank you all for the comments, and you will be pleased to hear that as of tomorrow (25 Sept) Amgueddfa Cymru
Margaret
24 Medi 2012, 11:45
Very much looking forward to seeing the re-appraised Turners take their place in the gallery soon.
They are wonderful.
Chris
24 Medi 2012, 11:13
I found the history of this painting fascinating and would very much like to plan a visit to Wales to see this and the other Turners in the collection. I really do hope that you now have plans to put these on permanent display
Ceri Davies
23 Medi 2012, 20:22
Will Beacon Light along with Off Margate and Margate Jetty be on display soon following the BBC programme tonight concerning previous doubts about their provenance now apparently dispelled?
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