'Bonneville; Bridge over the River Arve', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Bonneville; Bridge over the River Arve

From France, Savoy, Piedmont Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXIII

Date 1802

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 138 x 215 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D04442

Turner Bequest LXXIII 47

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 47 Recto:

Bonneville; Bridge over the River Arve 1802

D04442
Turner Bequest LXXIII 47

Pencil on grey-buff laid paper, 138 x 215 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Bonville’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXIII 47’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

For Bonneville see especially folio 46 of this sketchbook (D04440), which has a sketch of mountains probably extending those seen here towards the right, and also folio 48 (D04443). Turner made two larger drawings in his St Gothard and Mont Blanc sketchbook (Tate D04599; Turner Bequest LXXV 7, and D04608; Turner Bequest LXXV 16).

Verso:

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David Blayney Brown
June 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.