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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Passage of the Simplon Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Lake Maggiore 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Lake Maggiore’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Recto:
?Lake Maggiore 1819
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Turner Bequest CXCIV 32
Pencil and grey watercolour wash on white wove paper, 121 x 195 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘32’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CXCIV 32’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this sketch is very faint and almost impossible to discern owing to the dark and uneven nature of the grey background wash. However, the pencil details at the top of the sheet appear to depict a rocky or hilly shoreline with a castle dominating the right-hand side, possibly representing a view on Lake Maggiore.

Nicola Moorby
May 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?Lake Maggiore 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-lake-maggiore-r1132824, accessed 18 April 2024.