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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner An ?Italian Valley, with a Bridge and a Town on a Mountain Beyond c.1828-43

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘An ?Italian Valley, with a Bridge and a Town on a Mountain Beyond’ c.1828-43
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
An ?Italian Valley, with a Bridge and a Town on a Mountain Beyond c.1828–43
D33785
Turner Bequest CCCXLI 104
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper, 144 x 199 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed in red ink ‘104’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLI – 104’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this mountainous valley scene is unidentified, but may be Italian; see the Introduction to this section for further brief discussion and dating.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by John Ruskin in pencil ‘233 | O’ bottom right.

Matthew Imms
February 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘An ?Italian Valley, with a Bridge and a Town on a Mountain Beyond c.1828–43 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-an-italian-valley-with-a-bridge-and-a-town-on-a-mountain-r1182997, accessed 25 April 2024.