Joseph Mallord William Turner

Orsières

1802

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Grenoble Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 213 × 282 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D04572
Turner Bequest LXXIV 79

Catalogue entry

Finberg listed this as one of 22 leaves from this sketchbook found ‘in a parcel labelled by Mr. Ruskin – “M. 16. Leaves of S. 229. Laid down.” They have been mounted on cartridge by Mr. Ruskin.’ Evidently, Ruskin isolated these drawings because they were pencil outlines, without the additions of chalk or gouache found elsewhere in the sketchbook.

In 1802, Turner passed through the village of Orsières after Liddes (see from this sketchbook D04573; Turner Bequest LXXIV 80), en route down the Val d’Entremont towards the Valais and Martigny. Turner’s stop to make this quick sketch is noted by David Hill.1

Hill 1992, p.89.

Verso:

Laid down

David Blayney Brown
September 2011

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