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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Capua 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Capua’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
Distant View of Capua 1819
D15619
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 32
Pencil on white wove paper, 197 x 122 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ top right, ascending right-hand edge and ‘32’ top left, ascending left-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 32’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Finberg first identified, the buildings silhouetted against the horizon in this sketch represents a distant view of Capua, seen from the western approach on the road to Naples.1 The peak of Monte Tifata is visible beyond. Turner made a number of detailed sketches of the town see folios 33 verso–35 verso (D15620–D15624; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 32a–34a).

Nicola Moorby
April 2010

1
Finberg 1909, p.543.

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Distant View of Capua 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-distant-view-of-capua-r1138081, accessed 19 September 2024.