'Source of Arveiron', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Source of Arveiron

From St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXV

Date 1802

MediumChalk and graphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 473 x 315 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D04612

Turner Bequest LXXV 20

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

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Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

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