'Meiringen', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Meiringen

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

D04703

Turner Bequest LXXVI 46

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 46 Recto:

Meiringen 1802

D04703
Turner Bequest LXXVI 46

Pencil on white laid paper, 156 x 201 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Meringen’ lower centre and ‘Vale Hauberhazel’ bottom right
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘46’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXVI 46’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856