'A Mountain Pass; ?St Gotthard', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Mountain Pass; ?St Gotthard

From Lake Thun Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXVI

Date 1802

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 156 x 201 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D04691

Turner Bequest LXXVI 35

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 35 Recto:

A Mountain Pass; ?St Gotthard 1802

D04691
Turner Bequest LXXVI 35

Pencil on white laid paper, 156 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘35’ top left, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXVI 35’ top right, inverted

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This is probably another of the various drawings of the Reuss valley in this sketchbook; for these see note to folio 30 (D04686). It was probably made on the approaches to Wassen.

Verso:

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David Blayney Brown
March 2004

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.