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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Albano, Nemi, Rome Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Nemi, across Lake Nemi 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Nemi, across Lake Nemi’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Nemi, across Lake Nemi 1819
D15333
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘21’ top right and ‘301’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXII 21’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch shows the view from the western shore of Lake Nemi looking towards the town of the same name, recognisable from the circular medieval tower of the castle, Castello Ruspoli. The drawing spills over onto the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 20 verso (D15332).
For a general discussion of Turner’s view of Lake Nemi see folio 19 (D15329).

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Nemi, across Lake Nemi 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2008, 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-nemi-across-lake-nemi-r1132628, accessed 19 April 2024.