J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Lake Thun Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Mountain Pass; ?St Gotthard 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Mountain Pass; ?St Gotthard’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
A Mountain Pass; ?St Gotthard 1802
D04695
Turner Bequest LXXVI 38
Pencil on white laid paper, 201 x 156 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘38’ top right
Stamped in black ‘LXXVI 38’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is probably another of the various drawings of the Reuss valley and the St Gotthard Pass in this sketchbook; for these see note to folio 30 (D04686).
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Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘607’ top left, descending vertically

David Blayney Brown
March 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Mountain Pass; ?St Gotthard 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2004, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-mountain-pass-st-gotthard-r1133170, accessed 19 April 2024.