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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin View in the Bay of Baiae, with Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance c.1794-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘View in the Bay of Baiae, with Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance’ c.1794-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Folio 51 Recto:
View in the Bay of Baiae, with Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance c.1794–8
D36464
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 51
Pencil and grey and blue washes on white wove paper, 213 x 295 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 363 x 495 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘51’ on mount, top right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 51’ on mount, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The handling of the washes is less assured here than in folio 52 recto (D36465), which is one of the most accomplished of the series; but it is nevertheless fairly certainly the work of Turner. The style of the pencil drawing is unusually clearly seen in the uncoloured spray of foliage at lower right, which reveals the characteristic mannerisms of Thomas Girtin.
Verso:
Blank (laid down).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View in the Bay of Baiae, with Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance c.1794–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-thomas-girtin-view-in-the-bay-of-baiae-with-naples-and-r1140636, accessed 26 December 2024.