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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lanslebourg from the South-East 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lanslebourg from the South-East’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Lanslebourg from the South-East 1820
D16681
Turner Bequest CXCII 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘l Blue’ top left, and ‘V W’ and ‘Lanblourg’ within sketch
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CXCII 20’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner returned from Italy through the Alps via the Mont Cenis pass and retraced his steps from the outward leg of the journey into Savoy. As the artist’s inscription indicates this sketch depicts the approach from the south-east towards Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, a town in Savoy at the foot of the Col du Mont Cenis. The town itself is seen in the distance on the left. For a view of Lanslebourg from the northern approach see the Paris, France, Savoy 2 sketchbook (Tate D14103–D14104; Turner Bequest CLXXIII 68a–69).

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Lanslebourg from the South-East 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-lanslebourg-from-the-south-east-r1142580, accessed 25 April 2024.