Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Five Sketches on Lake Lugano; Including Views of Oria, Albogasio, and Gandria 1819
D14282
Turner Bequest CLXXIV 71
Pencil on white wove paper, 186 x 111 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Green’, ‘Oria’ and ‘Bogasio’ within top sketch, ‘white olives the stem growing dark at the bottom | the young leaves light grey green’, ‘5’ and ‘6’ within second sketch from top, ‘Madonna [?Croc]’ and ‘wood’ within third sketch from top, and ‘Guan’ bottom right of fourth sketch from top
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘71’ top left, ascending left-hand edge and ‘284’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIV 71’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856