'Near Grindelwald; Glacier and Lower Slopes of the Schreckhorn', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Near Grindelwald; Glacier and Lower Slopes of the Schreckhorn

From Lake Thun Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXVI

Date 1802

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 201 x 156 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D04678

Turner Bequest LXXVI 23

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 23 Recto:

Near Grindelwald; Glacier and Lower Slopes of the Schreckhorn 1802

D04678
Turner Bequest LXXVI 23

Pencil on white laid paper, 201 x 156 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Schreckhorn’ lower centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ top right
Stamped in black ‘LXXVI 23’ top right, running vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

For Turner’s views of Grindelwald, near which he made this sketch, in this sketchbook, see especially folio19 (D04674), and for the village and Turner’s work there, the Rhine, Strassburg, Oxford sketchbook, especially folio 29 (Tate D04768; Turner Bequest LXXVII 29).

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.