Graphite on paper
Val d’Aosta Sketchbook
Val d’Aosta Sketchbook
Tour to the Alps 1836
Tour to the Alps 1836
France
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Val d’Aosta Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Three A Panorama Mont Blanc above Chamonix and Two Thumbnail a Mill and Bridge below Bossons
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Alps
architecture
countries and continents
France
glacier
Glacier des Bossons
landscape
Mont Blanc
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
townscapes / man-made features
valley
village
<p>In 1836 Turner travelled to Switzerland in company with his friend and patron, Hugh Munro of Novar. Their itinerary can be followed in two small sketchbooks used by Turner on the tour, of which this is one. It contains a number of double-page spreads like this one, which features an extensive panorama from an elevated position. Indeed, Walter Thornbury, the artist's first biographer, recorded how on this tour 'Turner ... at some distance from his companion - generally much higher - applied himself to work in a silent, concentrated frame of mind. The superior elevation he required for the purpose of obtaining greater distance and more of a bird's-eye view.'</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 1992</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Three Sketches: A Panorama of Mont Blanc from above Chamonix, and Two Thumbnail Sketches of a Mill and Bridge below Bossons
support: 113 × 190 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
<p>In 1836 Turner travelled to Switzerland in company with his friend and patron, Hugh Munro of Novar. Their itinerary can be followed in two small sketchbooks used by Turner on the tour, of which this is one. It contains a number of double-page spreads like this one, which features an extensive panorama from an elevated position. Indeed, Walter Thornbury, the artist's first biographer, recorded how on this tour 'Turner ... at some distance from his companion - generally much higher - applied himself to work in a silent, concentrated frame of mind. The superior elevation he required for the purpose of obtaining greater distance and more of a bird's-eye view.'</p>
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1992-02-05T00:00:00
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2014-02-23T00:00:00
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Alps architecture countries and continents France glacier Glacier des Bossons landscape Mont Blanc mountain natural features (non-UK) places townscapes / man-made features valley village
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