Joseph Mallord William Turner

Three Sketches: Dole from the South-West; Two Thumbnail Sketches of Aosta

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: D29057
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 13 a

Catalogue entry

This page contains three sketches:

i. (main sketch) The church of Notre Dame at Dole from the south-west, mills and water-works in the foreground.
ii. (bottom centre) A thumbnail sketch of Aosta perhaps from the north-east.
iii. (bottom right) A thumbnail sketch of Aosta from the north-east, this time a more distant view, continued to the right on the opposite page (D29058; Turner Bequest CCXCIII 14).

Dole lies south-east of Dijon, the subject of preceding pages in the sketchbook, on the direct route from Dijon to Geneva. The sketches of Aosta were clearly squeezed into any available space as the book filled up.

David Hill
June 2010

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