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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Return from Italy Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Mont Cenis; and the Alps on the Approach to Termignon 1820

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Mont Cenis; and the Alps on the Approach to Termignon’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Distant View of Mont Cenis; and the Alps on the Approach to Termignon 1820
D16683
Turner Bequest CXCII 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Mt Cenis’ and ‘River’ within top sketch, and ‘w[...]’ and ‘Termignon’ within bottom sketch
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘21’ bottom left, descending left-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CXCII 21’ bottom left, descending left-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains two sketches relating to Turner’s route through Savoy during his return journey from Italy to France. The upper vista depicts a distant view of Mont Cenis in the Cottian Alps, seen from the north (French) side of the pass. A similar view can be found on folio 21 verso (D16682). The lower scene meanwhile, represents the prospect looking south-east in the direction of Termignon.

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Distant View of Mont Cenis; and the Alps on the Approach to Termignon 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-and-the-alps-on-the-approach-to-r1142582, accessed 23 September 2024.