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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lausanne from the East 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lausanne from the East’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Verso:
Lausanne from the East 1836
D29127
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing was not catalogued by Finberg. Drawn inverted in relation to the main sequence of sunjects in the sketchbook it depicts Lausanne from the east, from the vicinity of the Tribune Federal, or the Parc de Mon Repos, looking over the city to Lake Geneva.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Lausanne from the East 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-lausanne-from-the-east-r1144673, accessed 24 April 2024.