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 West Sample
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
landscape
Lausanne - non-specific
places
Switzerland
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
valley
<p>This sketch was one of those that Ruskin urged his father to acquire, should the possibility arise, shortly after Turner's death in 1851. Even though nearly ten years had passed since he had first seen it, Ruskin retained a vivid impression of this study's sombre mood of 'purple and blue sunset'. It appears to have been among the sample studies shown to potential clients by Thomas Griffith in 1842. This would suggest that Turner considered producing a more elaborate version of this view, comparable with others he painted to order. However, no finished watercolour is known. In fact, none of the sets of Swiss subjects created between 1842 and 1850 (as recorded by Ruskin) included a view of Lausanne.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour pen
Lausanne, from the West: Sample Study
support: 235 × 332 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 sketch was one of those that Ruskin urged his father to acquire, should the possibility arise, shortly after Turner's death in 1851. Even though nearly ten years had passed since he had first seen it, Ruskin retained a vivid impression of this study's sombre mood of 'purple and blue sunset'. It appears to have been among the sample studies shown to potential clients by Thomas Griffith in 1842. This would suggest that Turner considered producing a more elaborate version of this view, comparable with others he painted to order. However, no finished <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> is known. In fact, none of the sets of Swiss subjects created between 1842 and 1850 (as recorded by Ruskin) included a view of Lausanne.</p>
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architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents landscape Lausanne - non-specific places Switzerland townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features valley
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