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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches from the Road Between Nocera dei Pagani and Cava dei Tirreni, Including Two Distant Views of Vesuvius; Also Studies of Figures and Hats 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches from the Road Between Nocera dei Pagani and Cava dei Tirreni, Including Two Distant Views of Vesuvius; Also Studies of Figures and Hats’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Sketches from the Road Between Nocera dei Pagani and Cava dei Tirreni, Including Two Distant Views of Vesuvius; Also Studies of Figures and Hats 1819
D15808
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 37 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘In to Cava’ bottom centre of top sketch, and ‘purple Brown Clouds | [?Mist Blue mountain]’ bottom right of second sketch from bottom, and ‘[?Sunday] Bonnt’ top right of bottom sketch
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These four landscape sketches represent on-the-spot views seen from the inland road between Naples and Salerno although it is not clear in which direction Turner was travelling. The uppermost vista represents the peak of Monte San Liberatore, part of the Lattari mountain range, looking south-east seen from Cava dei Tirreni, whilst the lower scenes depict distant views of Vesuvius, looking north from Nocera dei Pagani (present-day Nocera Inferiore). The artist has annotated his drawings with colour notes. At the bottom of the page are some rough studies of figures and hats.

Nicola Moorby
October 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Sketches from the Road Between Nocera dei Pagani and Cava dei Tirreni, Including Two Distant Views of Vesuvius; Also Studies of Figures and Hats 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2010, 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-sketches-from-the-road-between-nocera-dei-pagani-and-cava-r1138275, accessed 05 April 2026.