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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Sketches of Mountain Scenery in Savoy 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Sketches of Mountain Scenery in Savoy’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 64 Recto:
Three Sketches of Mountain Scenery in Savoy 1819
D14094
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 64
Pencil on white wove paper, 185 x 114 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Road’ centre left-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIII 64’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains three distinct sketches of hilly or mountainous landscape. The drawings are very rough and schematic although the central vista clearly depicts a river running through a deep ravine or gorge and the bottom scene includes a castle or other building. The various locations are currently unidentified although they are likely to depict views in Savoy on the road towards Lanslebourg.

Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Three Sketches of Mountain Scenery in Savoy 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-three-sketches-of-mountain-scenery-in-savoy-r1142953, accessed 13 May 2024.