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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dolonne from above Courmayeur 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dolonne from above Courmayeur’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Verso:
Dolonne from above Courmayeur 1836
D29041
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 5a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Dolonne’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch (inverted in relation to others in the sketchbook) depicts Dolonne and the downstream side of the Pont de Dolonne, looking across the Val d’Aosta from near Courmayeur, with Mont Crammont to the left, Mont Brise in the centre, and Le Chetif to the right. Turner’s angle of view is approximately 135 degrees.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Dolonne from above Courmayeur 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dolonne-from-above-courmayeur-r1144590, accessed 19 April 2024.