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 View in the Maurienne Valley, Savoy, on the Road to the Mont Cenis Pass 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View in the Maurienne Valley, Savoy, on the Road to the Mont Cenis Pass’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Verso:
View in the Maurienne Valley, Savoy, on the Road to the Mont Cenis Pass 1819
D14137
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 86 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 185 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘M Cenis’ centre right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rather sparse, schematic sketch depicts a view of the Maurienne Valley in Savoy. As Turner’s inscription indicates, the prospect looks east in the direction of Mont Cenis.

Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘View in the Maurienne Valley, Savoy, on the Road to the Mont Cenis Pass 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-view-in-the-maurienne-valley-savoy-on-the-road-to-the-mont-r1142996, accessed 19 April 2024.