Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Solitary Figure on a Road ,?the Mont Cenis Pass

1836

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Fort Bard Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 104 × 148 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D29341
Turner Bequest CCXCIV 68 v

Catalogue entry

This very hasty sketch, possibly taken from a coach, shows a road over a high pass, with a solitary figure. The site may be the Mont Cenis Pass of Mt Cenis and a mountain top in the distance, with a spire, might possibly be identifiable as the Rochemelon, to the south of the pass.

David Hill
June 2010

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