Joseph Mallord William Turner

Lausanne

1836

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Val d’Aosta Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 113 x 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D29134
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 52

Catalogue entry

This sketch shows Lausanne from the north-west, with figures in the foreground, the Dent d’Oche beyond the cathedral, and the town ‘wall’ in the near and middle distance.

David Hill
June 2010

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