Joseph Mallord William Turner

Four Sketches of the Maurienne Valley and the River Arc; Including One of Aiguebelle

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Paris, France, Savoy 2 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 185 x 114 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D14120
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 78

Catalogue entry

This page contains four sketches of the Maurienne Valley which lies in Savoy approximately twenty miles east of Chambéry. As Turner’s inscription notes the River Arc runs through the valley and it is also the location for the town of Aiguebelle, see folio 77 verso (D14119).

Nicola Moorby
March 2013

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