'The Town of Nemi with the Lake Below', Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

Artwork details

Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Thomas Girtin (1775‑1802)

Title

The Town of Nemi with the Lake Below

From Album of Copies of Italian Views for Dr Thomas Monro

Date c.1794-8

MediumInk wash and watercolour on paper

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D36470

Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 57

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Album of Copies of Italian Views for Dr Thomas Monro

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Thomas Girtin 1775–1802

Folio 57 Recto:

The Town of Nemi with the Lake Below c.1794–8

D36470
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 57

Pencil and grey and grey-blue wash on white wove paper, 192 x 268 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 363 x 495 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘57’ on mount, top right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 57’ on mount, bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856