Joseph Mallord William Turner

Mountains

1802

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook
Medium
Chalk and graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 315 x 473 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D04591
Turner Bequest LXXV 2

Catalogue entry

These mountains may be in the Arve Valley or near Chamonix in view of adjacent subjects from the sketchbook.

David Blayney Brown
October 2011

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