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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A View, ?France 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A View, ?France’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 103 Verso:
A View, ?France 1820
D16883
Turner Bequest CXCIII 102 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 94 x 115 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This loose rough sketch appears to depict a lake or a bay surrounded by hills. The location is unidentified, although it is likely to relate to Turner’s return journey from Italy through France in January 1820

Nicola Moorby
March 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘A View, ?France 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-a-view-france-r1138658, accessed 16 April 2024.