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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Village among Mountains ?in the Val d'Aosta c.1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Village among Mountains ?in the Val d'Aosta’ c.1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Village among Mountains ?in the Val d’Aosta c.1836
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Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 401
Gouache, pencil and watercolour on paper, 225 x 281 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIV 401’ bottom right
Inscribed in ink ‘1595’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study may relate 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’s specific viewpoint has not been identified, although it likely relates to his 1836 traverse of Italy’s Aosta valley, perhaps showing a vista close to Cormayeur or Pre-Saint-Didier. As he did in a number of the studies catalogued within this grouping, Turner combined fluid application of watercolour with details drawn in pencil. Here he also added touches of red and yellow gouache on the dominant mountain on the left.
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Elizabeth Jacklin
August 2019

How to cite

Elizabeth Jacklin, ‘Village among Mountains ?in the Val d’Aosta c.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-village-among-mountains-in-the-val-daosta-r1204640, accessed 28 April 2026.