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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Views of Cava de' Tirreni 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Views of Cava de' Tirreni’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Two Views of Cava de’ Tirreni 1819
D15956
Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 24
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Cava’ top right of sketch, bottom left
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘24’ bottom left, inverted and ‘245’ top right, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXVI 24’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Turner’s inscription in the bottom left-hand corner indicates, these sketches depict the town of Cava de’ Tirreni (formerly known as La Cava) which lies on the road to Salerno between Nocera and Vietri sul Mare. The larger drawing represents the view from the east with the Church of San Francesco and Sant’Antonio in the centre. For a fuller description of the town and related sketches see folio 24 verso (D15955; Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 23a).

Nicola Moorby
July 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Two Views of Cava de’ Tirreni 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-two-views-of-cava-de-tirreni-r1137880, accessed 19 April 2024.