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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Tour to the Alps 1836 > Fort Bard Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Chambéry from the North 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Chambéry from the North’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Chambéry from the North 1836
D29250
Turner Bequest CCXCIV 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 104 x 148 mm
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘21’ bottom right, descending vertically, and with the Turner Bequest schedule number ‘357’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIV 21’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Chambéry is seen from the north, with the mountains of the Chartreuse beyond, including the slopes up to La Charmette, the early residence of the author Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Chambéry from the North 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-chambery-from-the-north-r1144802, accessed 20 April 2024.