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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sallanches 1836

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sallanches’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Sallanches 1836
D34278
Turner Bequest CCCXLII 76
Chalk and pencil on paper, 240 x 305 mm
Inscribed in pencil ?by John Ruskin ‘Sallenche. [?]JR’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLII–76’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a group of quick sketches Turner made around the French town of Sallanches during his 1836 tour of the Alps. For more information, see the entry for Tate D34277 (Turner Bequest CCCXLII 75).
Technical notes:
Turner began using this paper in Geneva at the outset of his 1836 tour of the Alps. For more information, see the Technical notes section for Tate D34195 (Turner Bequest CCCXLII 11).
Verso:
Blank, save for inscriptions: inscribed in pencil ‘AB 24 PO’ bottom right.

Elizabeth Jacklin
August 2019

How to cite

Elizabeth Jacklin, ‘Sallanches 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2019, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sallanches-r1204587, accessed 17 May 2024.