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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > St Gothard and Mont Blanc Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The Pisse Vache 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Pisse Vache’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
?The Pisse Vache 1802
D04621
Turner Bequest LXXV 29
Pencil, black and white chalk on white wove paper prepared with grey wash, 315 x 473 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘29’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXV 29’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
For a drawing of the Pisse Vache waterfall from this sketchbook see D04620; Turner Bequest LXXV 28. As noted by Finberg, the suggestion that this drawing is of the same subject was due to John Ruskin.
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David Blayney Brown
October 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?The Pisse Vache 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-the-pisse-vache-r1146491, accessed 26 April 2024.