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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Cherbourg, Coutances and Mont St Michel ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
?Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy 1826
D23381
Turner Bequest CCL 25
Pencil on white laid paper, 91 x 131 mm
Partial watermark
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCL – 25’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with a loose study of a steep hill. It may depict the island-settlement of Mont Saint-Michel which is the subject of extensive study in these pages. For comparison, see the list of pages featuring this site in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
May 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘?Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-mont-saint-michel-normandy-r1185222, accessed 20 September 2024.