Joseph Mallord William Turner

Two Sketches: A Distant View of Peronne; Massif of Mont Blanc from the Col de Voza

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 × 190 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D29045
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 7 a

Catalogue entry

The page contains two sketches:

i. (above) A distant view of Peronne, also sketched towards the other end of this sketchbook (D29168; Turner Bequest CCXCIII 70).
ii. (below) The west face of the Mont Blanc massif from the Col de Voza, inscribed ‘Glacier’ for the Glacier des Bossons. The Valley of Chamonix lies below to the left, with the Aiguille Verte at the centre. The view is continued to the right on the opposite page (D29046; Turner Bequest CCXCIII 8).

The sketch of the walled citadel at Peronne appears to have been drawn first, as Turner made his way through France between St Omer and Geneva.

David Hill
June 2010

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