Joseph Mallord William Turner

Ponte Felice, near Borghetto

1819

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Ancona to Rome Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 110 × 186 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D14790
Turner Bequest CLXXVII 70 a

Catalogue entry

Beyond Narni, Turner’s route to Rome continued south towards the next two post stages, Otricoli and Borghetto, where the Via Flaminia crossed the River Tiber at the Ponte Felice.1 The artist made a number of swift sketches between Narni and Borghetto, probably drawn from a moving carriage. The likely chronological sequence of these views within the sketchbook is folio 71 verso (D14792), 71 (D14791) and 70 verso (D14790).

This sketch appears to show the bridge with the town of Magliano Sabina on the right, and the slopes leading to Borghetto on the left.

Nicola Moorby
November 2008

The post stage itinerary was published in Reichard’s Italy, London 1818, pp.301 and 330. See Turner’s own copy (Tate, Turner Bequest CCCLXVII).

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