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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Picture of Hannibal Crossing the Alps c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Picture of Hannibal Crossing the Alps’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Verso:
Study for a Picture of Hannibal Crossing the Alps c.1799–1805
D04939
Turner Bequest LXXXI 38
White chalk on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Hannibal’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–38’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the subject is continued on folio 20 recto opposite (D04940; Turner Bequest LXXXI 39), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study for a Picture of Hannibal Crossing the Alps c.1799–1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-for-a-picture-of-hannibal-crossing-the-alps-r1178143, accessed 13 May 2024.