'Lake Thun, with Distant Alps', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Lake Thun, with Distant Alps

From Lake Thun Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXVI

Date 1802

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 156 x 201 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D04650

Turner Bequest LXXVI 2

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 2 Recto:

Lake Thun, with Distant Alps 1802

D04650
Turner Bequest LXXVI 2

Pencil on white laid paper, 156 x 201 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘L Thun’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXVI 2’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This is one of a number of sketches in this book made during Turner’s passage by boat from Thun to Unterseen. For the journey see note to folio 1 (D04649).

Verso:

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David Blayney Brown
March 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.