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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Four Sketches of Lausanne from the West 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Four Sketches of Lausanne from the West’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
Four Sketches of Lausanne from the West 1836
D29120
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 45
Pencil on white wove paper, 190 x 113 mm
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘45’ top left, running vertically, and ‘320’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIII 45’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains four sketches, drawn with the page upright working down from the outer edge:
i. Lausanne from the west, from the tree-lined avenue of the Geneva road, crowded with figures.
ii. The same, slightly more distant, with figures resting on the bank in the foreground, ‘Vins’ (vines) to the left.
iii. The same, a more distant view still, with Lake Geneva visible to the right.
iv. The same, from a considerable distance, the entire head of the lake plainly visible to the right.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Four Sketches of Lausanne from the West 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-four-sketches-of-lausanne-from-the-west-r1144666, accessed 25 April 2024.