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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Grenoble Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Murten from Lake Murten 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Murten from Lake Murten’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Murten from Lake Murten 1802
D40197
Pencil on greyish-buff laid paper, 214 x 282 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Mouray’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This newly identified drawing is on the verso of D04576; Turner Bequest LXXIV 83. Turner’s inscription refers to Meyriez which immediately adjoins Murten (or Morat) and was reached first as he travelled north-eastwards from Avenches (see, from this sketchbook, D04588; Turner Bequest LXXIV 95) towards Berne. His view is from the edge of the small lake of Murten up to the old town, with the Berntor left of centre. This part of the town is little changed today.

David Blayney Brown
September 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Murten from Lake Murten 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-murten-from-lake-murten-r1146457, accessed 20 April 2024.