'Near the Pantenbrücke in the Canton of Glarus', Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

Artwork details

Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Thomas Girtin (1775‑1802)

Title

Near the Pantenbrücke in the Canton of Glarus

From Album of Copies of Swiss and Italian Views for Dr Thomas Monro

Date c.1794-8

MediumWatercolour on paper

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D36485

Turner Bequest CCCLXXIV 8

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Thomas Girtin 1775–1802

Folio 8 Recto:

Near the Pantenbrücke in the Canton of Glarus c.1794–8

D36485
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIV 8

Pencil and grey, blue and blue-grey wash on white wove paper, 244 x 182 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 480 x 368 mm
Inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘“Near the Pantin Bruck in the Canton of Glarus”’ on mount, bottom right, descending vertically
Inscribed in pencil ‘8’ on mount, bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIV – 8’ on mount, bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The work is mounted with the album page turned vertically. It is after a drawing by John Robert Cozens (1752–1797), executed for Richard Payne Knight and now in the British Museum, London (1900–4–11–32, as ‘View on the Lint (?)’).1

Bell and Girtin 1935, pp.33–4 no.40.

Verso:

Blank (laid down); the inscription (probably by Thomas Girtin in pencil) noted by Finberg and transcribed as the work’s title, ‘Near the Pantin Bruck in the Canton of Glarus’, is no longer apparent. The verso of the album leaf is inscribed by R.N. Wornum in pencil ‘9 out | R.N.W.’ centre right. This refers to the drawing mounted on the opposite page, 9 recto (D36486), which was reinstated, probably erroneously.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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