'Mountain-Tops', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

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Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Mountain-Tops

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

D04477

Turner Bequest LXXIII 71

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 71 Recto:

Mountain-Tops 1802

D04477
Turner Bequest LXXIII 71

Pencil on grey-buff laid paper, 138 x 215 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXIII 71’ top right, running vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Despite Finberg’s listing as blank, this leaf has a slight continuation of the mountain ranges near Mont Blanc on folio 70 verso of the sketchbook (D04476).

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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

France, Savoy, Piedmont Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest