From Sarre looking towards Aymavilles, Val d'Aosta: 1612

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Titles

From Sarre looking towards Aymavilles, Val d'Aosta

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: W.G. Rawlinson, by 1902; Agnew's, from whom purchased by R.A. Tatton, 1917; Capt. T.A. Tatton, sold Christie's, 14 December 1928, lot 27, bt. Lockett Thompson of Barbizon House, from whom purchased 1932 (£200)

Measurements and weight

Height: 237 mm
Width: 298 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

Production date: AD 1836 : identified by Daniell Hill 2000, drawn on Turner's tour of 1836

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour with scratching out on paper

References and bibliographic entries

Turner page(s): 275
Turner's Golden Visions page(s): 199
Barbizon House Record (1932)
Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Twenty-fourth Annual Report, 1932
The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. page(s): 360-2
Turner Watercolours page(s): 11, 62
Turner, 1775-1851
J.M.W. Turner, R.A. 1775-1851; a catalogue of Drawings and Watercolours in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 62-3
The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 1612
Primary reference Number: 13977
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 6 September 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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