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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Mountains near Les Échelles, Savoy 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Mountains near Les Échelles, Savoy’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Recto:
?Mountains near Les Échelles, Savoy 1820
D16701
Turner Bequest CXCII 31
Pencil on white wove paper, 128 x 98 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CXCII 31’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very rough sketch of a mountainous landscape is tentatively identified as a view of the Chartreuse Mountains near the village of Les Échelles in Savoy. Similar drawings can be found on folios 31–32 and 33 (D16699–D16701 and D16702; Turner Bequest CXCII 30–31 and 32) and the current identification is proposed on the basis of inscriptions on folios 31 verso and 33 (D16700 and D16702; Turner Bequest CXCII 30a and 32).

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?Mountains near Les Échelles, Savoy 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-mountains-near-les-chelles-savoy-r1142601, accessed 25 April 2024.