Chalk on paper
Calais Pier Sketchbook
Calais Pier Sketchbook
History Painting c.1799-1807
History Painting c.1799-1807
Switzerland
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Calais Pier Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<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>
Lake Geneva with Mont Blanc Lake
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
boat, sailing
countries and continents
lake
Lake Geneva
landscape
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
society
Switzerland
transport: water
water: inland
<p>This is the largest sketchbook Turner had used up to this point and represents the upscaling of his ambition as he started to gain professional recognition. The book comprises blue paper manufactured in France though it is not known if he purchased the book there. The blue paper provides an appropriate backdrop for a sketch of Lake Geneva.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2023</em></p>
paper unique chalk
Study for ‘Lake of Geneva, with Mont Blanc from the Lake’
support: 271 × 436 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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<p>This is the largest sketchbook Turner had used up to this point and represents the upscaling of his ambition as he started to gain professional recognition. The book comprises blue paper manufactured in France though it is not known if he purchased the book there. The blue paper provides an appropriate backdrop for a sketch of Lake Geneva. </p>
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boat, sailing countries and continents lake Lake Geneva landscape mountain natural features (non-UK) places society Switzerland transport: water water: inland
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