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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Les Échelles, Savoy 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches of Les Échelles, Savoy’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
Two Sketches of Les Échelles, Savoy 1820
D16703
Turner Bequest CXCII 32
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Echelles’ bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘32’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CXCII 32’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription suggests that these two sketches depict mountains near the village of Les Échelles in Savoy. Similar drawings can be found on folios 31–32 (D16699–D16701; Turner Bequest CXCII 30–31), while for further views relating to Les Échelles see the Paris, France, Savoy 2 sketchbook (for example Tate D14106; Turner Bequest CLXXIII 70).

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Two Sketches of 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-two-sketches-of-les-chelles-savoy-r1142603, accessed 10 May 2024.