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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of a Château in Savoy; and Figure Studies 1820

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches of a Château in Savoy; and Figure Studies’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Verso:
Two Sketches of a Château in Savoy; and Figure Studies 1820
D16702
Turner Bequest CXCII 31 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 128 x 98 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Chateaux [?Count] | G[?ou...]’ top right and ‘Road’ bottom left of top sketch. Also ‘[?Ruined Chapel] and Curtain | Wall’ top right of second sketch from top
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains two sketches of an unidentified chateau in Savoy. Also inverted at the bottom of the sheet, are a couple of rough figure studies including a person wearing a hat with a wide brim.

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Two Sketches of a Château in Savoy; and Figure Studies 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-two-sketches-of-a-chateau-in-savoy-and-figure-studies-r1142602, accessed 20 September 2024.