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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sallanches 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sallanches’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Sallanches 1836
D34279
Turner Bequest CCCXLII 77
Chalk and pencil on paper, 238 x 312 mm
Inscribed in pencil ?by John Ruskin ‘Sallenche? JR[?]’ bottom left
Inscribed in pencil ‘77’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLII–77’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a group of quick sketches Turner made around the French town of Sallanches during his 1836 tour of the Alps. For more information, see the entry for Tate D34277 (Turner Bequest CCCXLII 75).
Of this particular view, the Turner scholar David Hill noted the ‘remarkable angle’, sweeping from the Aiguille de Varan on the left across to Mont Blanc to the right.1 Turner combined the use of black and white chalk, working on a mid-tone paper, which was originally grey rather than brown (see also the Technical Notes below).
1
Hill 2000, p.271.
Technical notes:
For information about the paper support, see the Technical Notes section of the entry for D34195 (Turner Bequest CCCXLII 11). There is some marking to the upper part of the sheet, perhaps relating to another sketch made around the same time.
Verso:
See separate entry for D34280.

Elizabeth Jacklin
August 2019

How to cite

Elizabeth Jacklin, ‘Sallanches 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2019, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sallanches-r1204588, accessed 18 May 2024.