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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin Lake Trasimene c.1795-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘Lake Trasimene’ c.1795-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Lake Trasimene c.1795–7
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Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 22
Pencil and grey and blue wash on white wove paper, 193 x 247 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXV – 22’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Provenance:
Probably commissioned by Dr Thomas Monro
Monro’s posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833 (day and lot number not known)
Bought by or on behalf of Turner
The pencil work is by Girtin. This was probably copied from a sketch by John Robert Cozens (1752–1797), which bore the title transcribed by Girtin on the verso.
Technical notes:
The sheet is stained and torn away at the top centre, lower centre and lower right corner.
Verso:
Inscribed, probably by Thomas Girtin in pencil ‘Lake of Perugia ancient Thra[?simeno]’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Lake Trasimene c.1795–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-thomas-girtin-lake-trasimene-r1141260, accessed 19 April 2024.