Joseph Mallord William Turner

Two Sketches of Mountains, ?on the Road to the Pass of Mont Cenis

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Paris, France, Savoy 2 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 114 × 185 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D14088
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 61

Catalogue entry

The main sketch on this page depicts a view of mountainous landscape. A brief inscription by the artist indicates that it represents a view on the road to the Pass of Mont Cenis in the Cottian Alps. For a general discussion of Turner’s passage through the Alps see the Introduction to the sketchbook.
There is also a further, very rough and schematic drawing of mountains on the far right-hand side of the sheet, parallel with the right-hand edge.

Nicola Moorby
March 2013

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