Graphite, watercolour and pen on paper
Lausanne Sketchbook
Lausanne Sketchbook
Switzerland
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Lausanne and Lake Geneva West
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
bank
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
group
groups
lake
Lake Geneva
Lausanne - non-specific
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
Switzerland
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>It was only in Turner’s lifetime that the Swiss landscape became important as a theme for painters and poets. From the 1770s onwards successive generations of artists turned to its mountains and vast, still lakes in search of subjects that fitted contemporary demands for ‘Sublime’ grandeur.</p><p>Turner visited Switzerland during his first Continental tour in 1802, when he was twenty-seven. A trip in 1836 reawakened his interest and from 1841–4, in his late sixties, he explored Swiss themes intensively. Lausanne, on a steep slope leading to the famously serene Lake Geneva, was one of Turner’s favourite subjects during his 1841 trip.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour pen
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
2003-05-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-26
British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
Collection based display
Lausanne and Lake Geneva, from the West
support: 236 × 334 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<span class="text0">It was only in Turner’s lifetime that the Swiss      <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> became important as a theme for painters and poets. From the      1770s onwards successive generations of artists turned to its mountains and      vast, still lakes in search </span><span class="text14">of subjects that      fitted contemporary demands</span><span class="text0"> for      ‘<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sublime" title="Glossary definition for 'Sublime'"><span>Sublime</span></a>’ grandeur. </span>
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<span class="text16">Turner visited Switzerland during his first </span><span class="text17">Continental tour in 1802, when he was </span><span class="text16">twenty-seven. A trip in 1836 reawakened his interest and from      1841–4, in his late </span><span class="text17">sixties, he explored      Swiss themes </span><span class="text16">intensively. Lausanne, on a steep      slope </span><span class="text17">leading to the famously serene Lake      Geneva, was one of Turner’s favourite </span><span class="text16">subjects      during his 1841 trip. </span>
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