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 × 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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