J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Alpine Gorge c.1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Alpine Gorge’ c.1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Alpine Gorge c.1836
D36212
Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 351
Pencil and watercolour on paper, 245 x 347 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIV–351’ bottom right
Inscribed in blue ink ‘1539’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study may relate to Turner’s 1836 tour of the Alps, which he made in the company of the wealthy Scottish landowner H.A.J. Munro of Novar; for more information, see the Introduction to this section.
The subject is an Alpine Gorge, with pencil drawing indicating a stream and a bridge, and watercolour wash in grey-browns and golden-yellow. In terms of the 1836 tour, it might feasibly relate to one of the places Turner visited that year, such as the gorge at Pre-Saint-Didier (for more information, see the entry for Tate D36240; Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 377), however, this is speculative.
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Elizabeth Jacklin
August 2019

How to cite

Elizabeth Jacklin, ‘Alpine Gorge c.1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2019, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-alpine-gorge-r1204633, accessed 15 May 2025.