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 Views of ?Montargis, in the Loire Valley 1829

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of ?Montargis, in the Loire Valley’ 1829
Folio 40 Recto:
Views of ?Montargis, in the Loire Valley 1829
D21734
Turner Bequest CCXXXV 40
Pencil on cream wove paper, 90 x 144 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Mon[?targis]’ towards top right
Inscribed in red ink ‘40’ (blurred) top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCXXXV – 40’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s top-right inscription possibly reads ‘Montargis’, a town in the Loire valley east of Orléans. The remainder of the page is filled with a series of rough profiles of towers and buildings, presumably depicting Montargis, which Turner executed with the sketchbook turned horizontally. The cursory outlines suggest he was sketching from a moving carriage.
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Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Views of ?Montargis, in the Loire Valley 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/views-of-montargis-in-the-loire-valley-r1210375, accessed 13 May 2025.