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 > Paris, France, Savoy 2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruined Château near the River Saône 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruined Château near the River Saône’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
Ruined Château near the River Saône 1819
D14060
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 45
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 185 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘sand’ bottom centre of sketch
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIII 45’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The ruined hilltop château which forms the subject of this small sketch has not been identified. However, it appears to be the same building which appears within two variant views from the River Saône on the outskirts of Lyon in folio 44 verso (D14059).

Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Ruined Château near the River Saône 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-ruined-chateau-near-the-river-saone-r1142918, accessed 26 April 2024.