Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Near Grindelwald
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, blue wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 7/8 inches (24.1 x 37.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "44"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "TURNER, J. : | GRINDELWALD"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "Near Grindelwald"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1246
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
hills | mountains | landscape | clouds | rivers
Associated Places:
Europe | Grindelwald | Bern | Switzerland
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)

The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
Publications:
John Gage, J.M.W. Turner: "a wonderful range of mind", Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, p. 29, fig. 40, NJ18 T85 G36 (LC) (YCBA)

Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, p. 49, no. 115, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 60, no. 170, pl. 58, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5517