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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome to Rimini Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Apennine Mountains 1829

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Apennine Mountains’ 1829
Folio 14 Recto:
The Apennine Mountains 1829
D14857
Turner Bequest CLXXVIII 14
Pencil on white laid paper, 97 x 132 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘14’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CLXXVIII – 14’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this slight profile of the Apennine Mountains features a road curving into the foreground. While a precise location is difficult to pinpoint, Turner was possibly travelling along the Chienti Valley in Umbria, north-east of Foligno, which is likely the subject of folio 13 recto and verso (D14855–D14856).
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Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘The Apennine Mountains 1829’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/the-apennine-mountains-r1210230, accessed 15 April 2025.