Description
Creator(s)
Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) and Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) after (?) John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
Title
  • An Unidentified Alpine Valley
Date
1794 - 1797
Medium and Support
Graphite, watercolour and scratching out on wove paper
Dimensions
24.8 × 38.4 cm, 9 ¾ × 15 ⅛ in
Inscription

'Original drawing by J.M.W. Turner R.A. | Bought of Mr. Henry Graves of 6 Pall Mall London who had it fom Dr. Munro. | JMM Pocock | Brighton' on the back in pen

Object Type
Collaborations; Monro School Copy
Subject Terms
Hills and Mountains; Unidentified Landscape

Collection
Catalogue Number
TG0762
Description Source(s)
Viewed in May 2025

Provenance

Dr Thomas Monro (1759–1833); his posthumous sale, Christie's, 27 June–2 July 1833, unknown lot; acquired by Moon, Boys and Graves; acquired from the latter by Dr Crawford J. Pocock (1840–90); Walker's Galleries; Herbert William Underdown (1864–1944); his sale, Sotheby's, 27 November 1924, lot 125 as ‘View of a Mountain Pass (probably a Scene in Haute Savoie) ... From Dr. Monro’s collection’, 'Unsold’ at £16 10s; his sale, Sotheby's, 7 July 1926, lot 87 as ‘An Alpine Valley’ by Joseph Mallord William Turner 'after Cozens', ought by ‘Lawson’ for £9 10s; Thomas Girtin (1874–1960); given to Tom Girtin (1913–94), c.1938; bought by John Baskett on behalf of Paul Mellon (1907–99), 1970; presented to the Center, 1975

Bibliography

Underdown, 1923, unpaginated, as by Joseph Mallord William Turner

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