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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Salzach to Pass Lueg 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View up the Salzach to Pass Lueg’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
View up the Salzach to Pass Lueg 1833
D30148
Turner Bequest CCC 10
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 99 x 159 mm
Watermark ‘C’and partial ‘J’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Blue’ top centre, ‘W’ top centre towards left
Remains of inscription in red ink by Ruskin ‘10’ bottom right
Inscribed in black ink over Ruskin by CF Bell ‘10’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCC–10’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch shows the view up the Salzach valley to Pass Lueg. Turner has suggested some cloud formations above the mountains, particularly at top left. ‘Blue’ and ‘W[hite]’ are inscribed.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘View up the Salzach to Pass Lueg 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-view-up-the-salzach-to-pass-lueg-r1203281, accessed 25 November 2024.