Graphite, watercolour, gouache and pen on paper
Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva Sketchbook
Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva 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>
Bellinzona North
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
Alps
architecture
Bellinzona, Castello di Montebello
Bellinzona, Castello Grande
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
landscape
military
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
Switzerland
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
<p>This distant view of Bellinzona does not seem to have been previously exhibited. This is because once Ruskin's scheme had been adopted as a means of making Turner's sketches available to the public, this watercolour was put back with drawings Ruskin considered less interesting and has remained uncatalogued until this exhibition. Turner made a number of views looking back to Bellinzona from the road to Locarno, inevitably focusing on the bridge spanning the fast-flowing River Ticino.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour gouache pen
Bellinzona from the North
support: 228 × 286 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>This distant view of Bellinzona does not seem to have been previously exhibited. This is because once Ruskin's scheme had been adopted as a means of making Turner's sketches available to the public, this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> was put back with <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> Ruskin considered less interesting and has remained uncatalogued until this exhibition. Turner made a number of views looking back to Bellinzona from the road to Locarno, inevitably focusing on the bridge spanning the fast-flowing River Ticino.</p>
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adults Alps architecture Bellinzona, Castello di Montebello Bellinzona, Castello Grande castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure landscape military mountain natural features (non-UK) people places Switzerland townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features
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