Joseph Mallord William TurnerThree Views of the Road and Walls Outside of Ariccia 1819

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Artist
Title
Three Views of the Road and Walls Outside of Ariccia
From Albano, Nemi, Rome Sketchbook
Turner Bequest CLXXXII
Date 1819
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 189 x 113 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D15457
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 83 a
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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Verso:
Three Views of the Road and Walls Outside of Ariccia 1819
D15457
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 83 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Wall of Lariccia’ and ‘Sea’ top right and ‘Road to L’ bottom right of middle sketch
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These three sketches document Turner’s approach to Ariccia on the road from Albano. Prior to the building of a great viaduct in 1854, travellers arriving from the north-west would have taken the route through the valley, now know as the Parco Chigi, with the town on the escarpment above them and the sea on the right.
For a general discussion of Ariccia see folio 83 verso (D15455; Turner Bequest CLXXXII 82a).

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

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