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, Turin and Milan Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant Alps, with a ?Lake 1829

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant Alps, with a ?Lake’ 1829
Folio 5 Recto:
Distant Alps, with a ?Lake 1829
D21672
Turner Bequest CCXXXV 5
Pencil on cream wove paper, 90 x 144 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner with colour annotations (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed in red ink ‘5’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCXXXV – 5’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner used this page for a rough landscape study, delineating the various layers with colour notes. Spanning the width of the page, the upper line indicates the ‘Dark Cloud’. Beneath are the words ‘Green’ and ‘Bl[ue]’, near what appears to be the silhouetted Alps. Below is a tree-lined ‘Lake’, labelled with Turner’s inscription. This study possibly corresponds with folio 4 verso opposite (D21671), which is similarly detailed with colour annotations.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Distant Alps, with a ?Lake 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/distant-alps-with-a-lake-r1210313, accessed 15 April 2025.