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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lyon from the River Saône to the South 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lyon from the River Saône to the South’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Recto:
Lyon from the River Saône to the South 1820
D16711
Turner Bequest CXCII 36
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm

Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘36’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CXCII 36’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two very rough sketches depict views of Lyon. The lower vista depicts the Fourvière hill and the River Saône, while the lower prospect appears to represent the curve of the River Rhône on the other side of the Presqu’île (the peninsula in between the two rivers). For further sketches of Lyon see folio 37 verso (D16712; Turner Bequest CXCII 36a).

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Lyon from the River Saône to the South 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-lyon-from-the-river-saone-to-the-south-r1142611, accessed 18 April 2024.