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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Unterseen; Villagers Resting 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Unterseen; Villagers Resting’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
Unterseen; Villagers Resting 1802
D04633
Turner Bequest LXXV 41
Pencil and black chalk on white wove paper prepared with grey wash, 315 x 473 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘41’ and blue ink ‘20’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXV 41’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Turner’s label for this drawing, also numbered ‘20’, reads ‘Unterseen Swiss [or Suisse]’, which must be the inscription recorded by Finberg. Figures are shown resting under trees. David Hill notes that the trees are the fruit trees familiar in the area of Unterseen, and used for the making of liqueurs.1 Turner made a drawing of the village square of Unterseen in this sketchbook (D04631; Turner Bequest LXXV 39).
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Hill 1992, p.111.
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David Blayney Brown
October 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Unterseen; Villagers Resting 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-unterseen-villagers-resting-r1146499, accessed 18 September 2024.