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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Grenoble Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Descent to Aosta 1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Descent to Aosta’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
The Descent to Aosta 1802
D04498
Turner Bequest LXXIV 6
Pencil, black chalk and white gouache on greyish-buff laid paper, 215 x 281 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXIV b’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The title given by John Ruskin and followed by Finberg is retained pending closer identification of the location.
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David Blayney Brown
September 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Descent to Aosta 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-descent-to-aosta-r1146369, accessed 21 November 2024.