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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Mont Cenis 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Mont Cenis’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Verso:
Distant View of Mont Cenis 1820
D16682
Turner Bequest CXCII 20 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘[?R...] within sketch top left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch depicts a distant view of Mont Cenis in the Cottian Alps, seen from the north (French) side of the pass during Turner’s return journey to Savoy. A similar view can be found on folio 22 (D16683; Turner Bequest CXCII 21).

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Distant View of Mont Cenis 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-view-of-mont-cenis-r1142581, accessed 26 April 2024.