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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lanslebourg with Mont Cenis in the Distance 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lanslebourg with Mont Cenis in the Distance’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 47 Verso:
Lanslebourg with Mont Cenis in the Distance 1819
D14065
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 47 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of a mountainous landscape appears to depict the town of Lanslebourg at the foot of Mont Cenis in the Cottian Alps. The road winds along the slope to the right and the peak of Mont Cenis itself can be seen just left of centre. At the bottom centre of the sheet there also appears to be a small separate study of a mountain range profile.
For further sketches of Lanslebourg see folio 68 verso–69 (D14103–D14104) whilst for a general discussion of Turner’s passage through the Mont Cenis pass see the Introduction to the sketchbook.

Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Lanslebourg with Mont Cenis in the Distance 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-with-mont-cenis-in-the-distance-r1142923, accessed 27 April 2024.