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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views in Savoy, Including One with the River Isère 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views in Savoy, Including One with the River Isère’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Verso:
Views in Savoy, Including One with the River Isère 1820
D16691
Turner Bequest CXCII 25 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Isere’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains two, or perhaps three sketches of mountainous landscapes related to Turner’s return journey through Savoy in January 1820. The precise locations have not been conclusively identified although Turner has noted the position of the River ‘Isère’ in the lower prospect and this suggests that these are views seen from the road travelling westwards between Aiguebelle and Montmélian. The ruined tower or castle visible at the bottom may be the same building represented in another sketch from the Paris, France, Savoy 2 sketchbook (Tate D14118; Turner Bequest CLXXIII 77).

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Views in Savoy, Including One with the River Isère 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-views-in-savoy-including-one-with-the-river-isere-r1142591, accessed 19 September 2024.