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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Aosta from the South, Looking over the Ponte Suaz 1836

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Aosta from the South, Looking over the Ponte Suaz’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Aosta from the South, Looking over the Ponte Suaz 1836
D34888
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 394
Pencil on paper, 246 x 308 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLIV–394’ bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘394’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study relates 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.
Turner first visited the town of Aosta during his 1802 tour of the Alps. Returning in 1836, he not only made the two loose sketches relating to the town catalogued in the present section (for the other, see Tate D34898; Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 404), but also began a new sketchbook, the Fort Bard Sketchbook (see David Hill’s section within the present publication, Tate D2913–D29237, D29239–D29264, D29266–D29273, D29275–D29377, D41206–D41208; Turner Bequest CCXCIV).
Both this and the other view of Aosta catalogued here survey the town from a distance, with the dramatic mountain scenery forming a backdrop. A finished watercolour showing the town and surrounding landscape (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston1) also resulted from the 1836 tour.
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Andrew Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, London 1979, p.472 no.1438.
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Elizabeth Jacklin
August 2019

How to cite

Elizabeth Jacklin, ‘Aosta from the South, Looking over the Ponte Suaz 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-aosta-from-the-south-looking-over-the-ponte-suaz-r1204608, accessed 05 April 2026.