'In the Aare Valley', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

In the Aare Valley

From Thun, Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCCXLVI

Date 1844

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 223 x 328 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D35010

Turner Bequest CCCXLVI 10

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Turner's sketchbooks

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nature (37,449)

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mountain (6,140)

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

Switzerland

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1840s

Thun, Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest