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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lake Nemi with the Town of Nemi 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lake Nemi with the Town of Nemi’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Lake Nemi with the Town of Nemi 1819
D15571
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ bottom right and ‘9’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The town of Nemi stands on the slopes above the eastern shores of the lake of the same name, approximately eighteen miles south-east of Rome. This swift, rough sketch represents a view of the town from the north. A similar vista can be found on folios 7 verso and 8 verso (D15568 and D15570). For further related studies and a general discussion of Lake Nemi see folio 7 (D1567).

Nicola Moorby
April 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Lake Nemi with the Town of Nemi 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-lake-nemi-with-the-town-of-nemi-r1138033, accessed 18 December 2024.