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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Paris, France, Savoy 2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Sketches of St-Michel-de-Maurienne, Savoy 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Sketches of St-Michel-de-Maurienne, Savoy’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
Three Sketches of St-Michel-de-Maurienne, Savoy 1819
D14136
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 86
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 185 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIII 86’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains three distinct sketches, all of which depict views of the village of St-Michel-de-Maurienne, in the Maurienne valley, Savoy. Two of the studies have been drawn on the left-hand side of the sheet with the sketchbook held vertically. The draughtsmanship is rather rough and schematic but they appear to represent vistas from the approach to the west. The remaining drawing is part of a larger prospect of the village from the south-east that has spilled over from the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 85 verso (D14135).

Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Three Sketches of St-Michel-de-Maurienne, Savoy 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-three-sketches-of-st-michel-de-maurienne-savoy-r1142995, accessed 23 April 2024.