Joseph Mallord William Turner

Fort Bard, Looking down the Val d’Aosta

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: D29272
Turner Bequest CCXCIV 33

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Looking down the Val d’Aosta, this sketch provides a detailed view of the village and Fort Bard from a near viewpoint. The detail of the village possibly informed the watercolour of Fort Bard (Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight)1 but the fort is there taken from a different angle.

Andrew Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, Fribourg 1979, p.481 no.1515, as ‘Swiss valley scene’.

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David Hill
June 2010

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Fort Bard, Looking down the Val d’Aosta

1836

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Perloz, Val d’Aosta, with the Fort above Pont St Martin

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