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 Chatillon, Val d'Aosta 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Chatillon, Val d'Aosta’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Chatillon, Val d’Aosta 1836
D29268
Turner Bequest CCXCIV 30
Pencil on white wove paper, 104 x 148 mm
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘30’ top left, running vertically, and with thte Turner Bequest schedule number ‘357’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIV 30’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch depicts Chatillon in the Val d’Aosta, with the new bridge seen from the old.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Chatillon, Val d’Aosta 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-chatillon-val-daosta-r1144819, accessed 24 April 2024.