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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Susa; San Giorgio di Susa, the Town Square and Castle 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Susa; San Giorgio di Susa, the Town Square and Castle’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Recto:
Susa; San Giorgio di Susa, the Town Square and Castle 1836
D29362
Turner Bequest CCXCIV 82
Pencil on white wove paper, 104 x 148 mm
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘82’ top left, running vertically, and with the Turner Bequest schedule number ‘357’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIV 82’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch at Susa shows the town square, castle and Church of San Giorgio di Susa. There are coaches in the square.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Susa; San Giorgio di Susa, the Town Square and Castle 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-susa-san-giorgio-di-susa-the-town-square-and-castle-r1144912, accessed 19 April 2024.