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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Four Sketches Amidst the Apennine Mountains 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Four Sketches Amidst the Apennine Mountains’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Verso:
Four Sketches Amidst the Apennine Mountains 1819
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Turner Bequest CLXXVII 31 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These four sketches represent views amidst the Apennines on the descent towards Foligno after Colfiorito, although the individual locations are not currently identified.

Nicola Moorby
November 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Four Sketches Amidst the Apennine Mountains 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2008, 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-four-sketches-amidst-the-apennine-mountains-r1138876, accessed 20 September 2024.