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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Bonneville 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches of Bonneville’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
Two Sketches of Bonneville 1836
D29101
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 35a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains two sketches:
i. (main sketch, inverted in relation to the main numbered series of subjects in the sketchbook) Bonnneville from downstream on the River Arve.
ii. (below, inverted in relation to the main sketch) Bonneville from a slightly more distant viewpoint than the main sketch.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Two Sketches of Bonneville 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-two-sketches-of-bonneville-r1144648, accessed 23 September 2024.