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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > France, Savoy, Piedmont Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mont Blanc from near Dolonne 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mont Blanc from near Dolonne’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 69 Verso:
Mont Blanc from near Dolonne 1802
D04474
Turner Bequest LXXIII 69a
Pencil on grey-buff laid paper, 138 x 215 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Delin ...’ and ‘opposite Cormayer’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXIII 69a’ bottom right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Dolonne lies across the Val d’Aosta from Courmayeur – for which see folio 62 verso of this sketchbook (D04460). It was noted for its mineral springs, La Victoria.

David Blayney Brown
June 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Mont Blanc from near Dolonne 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2004, 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-mont-blanc-from-near-dolonne-r1133103, accessed 20 September 2024.