'Houses by the Lake at Geneva', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Houses by the Lake at Geneva

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

D04437

Turner Bequest LXXIII 43

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 43 Recto:

Houses by the Lake at Geneva 1802

D04437
Turner Bequest LXXIII 43

Pencil on grey-buff laid paper, 138 x 215 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Do’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXIII 43’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner’s inscription, meaning ‘Ditto’, refers to his drawing of the lake shore at Geneva on the previous page of this sketchbook, folio 42 (D04436). For Geneva see especially folio 5 of this sketchbook (D04397), and also folios 35, 39–41 and 44 (D04427, D04433–D04435, D04438). The buildings are rendered with some precision.

Verso:

Blank

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.