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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Mountains above Lake Como 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mountains above Lake Como’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Verso:
Mountains above Lake Como 1819
D14239
Turner Bequest CLXXIV 49 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this rough sketch appears to be a view of mountains above Lake Como.

Nicola Moorby
January 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Mountains above Lake Como 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-mountains-above-lake-como-r1142760, accessed 16 April 2024.