Joseph Mallord William Turner

Distant Views of Vesuvius and the Lattari Mountains, from the Road Outside the Walls of Pompeii

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Pompeii, Amalfi, &c., Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 113 x 189 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D15774
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 20

Catalogue entry

This page contains three views drawn from the road which skirts the northern boundary of the walls of Pompeii. The uppermost sketch depicts the vista looking north towards Vesuvius whilst the two lower studies respectively represent the views looking east and south across the city ruins towards the Lattari Mountains. The bottom sketch incorporates the distinctive outline of Monte Faito and the Sorrentine peninsula with the island of Capri on the far right-hand side.

Nicola Moorby
September 2010

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