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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome, Turin and Milan Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Alps near ?Susa, with a River 1829

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Alps near ?Susa, with a River’ 1829
Folio 18 Recto:
The Alps near ?Susa, with a River 1829
D21698
Turner Bequest CCXXXV 18
Pencil on cream wove paper, 90 x 144 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘13’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCXXXV – 13’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In mid-January 1829, Turner travelled westwards from Turin, crossing the Alps to France via Susa, the Mont Cenis pass and Chambéry. He used this sketchbook to record around two dozen studies of the Alpine scenery he saw en route. Executed with the sketchbook turned horizontally, the present example features a river in the foreground and was possibly recorded near Susa.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘The Alps near ?Susa, with a River 1829’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/the-alps-near-susa-with-a-river-r1210339, accessed 05 April 2026.