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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of the Lattari Mountains Near Cava de' Tirreni 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of the Lattari Mountains Near Cava de' Tirreni’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Verso:
Views of the Lattari Mountains Near Cava de’ Tirreni 1819
D15793
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 29 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Le Cava’ centre left-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription identifies the location of these sketches as Cava de’ Tirreni (formerly known as La Cava), a town amidst the Lattari Mountains on the road between Nocera and Salerno. The rough nature of the draughtsmanship suggests that the artist was drawing from a moving carriage or other vehicle.
Also on this page in the bottom left-hand corner, parallel with the left-hand edge, is a partial study of the prow of a boat.

Nicola Moorby
October 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Views of the Lattari Mountains Near Cava de’ Tirreni 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-views-of-the-lattari-mountains-near-cava-de-tirreni-r1138259, accessed 26 August 2025.