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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples Seen from the North-West 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples Seen from the North-West’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples Seen from the North-West 1819
D15963
Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 26 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 62 x 113 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘[?1290]’ top right, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The rough outline composition on this partial sketchbook page depicts a view of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples with the Sorrentine peninsula. Turner’s viewpoint is unidentified but he seems to have been sketching from an elevated viewpoint to the north-west of the city.

Nicola Moorby
July 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples Seen from the North-West 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-vesuvius-and-the-bay-of-naples-seen-from-the-north-west-r1137887, accessed 18 September 2024.