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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Grenoble Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Near Grenoble 1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Near Grenoble’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Near Grenoble 1802
D40204
Turner Bequest LXXIV H
Pencil, black chalk and white gouache on greyish-buff laid paper, 218 x 284 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXIV H’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Perhaps a scene near Grenoble, beside a river, this subject has not yet been identified among those numbered by Finberg. The activity in the foreground, including a boat being drawn up onto the shore and three figures resting, are notable elements in this drawing. As in others from the Grenoble series, the trio might represent Turner, his travelling companion Newbey Lowson, and their guide.
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David Blayney Brown
September 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Near Grenoble 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-near-grenoble-r1146463, accessed 26 April 2024.