- Description
-
- Creator(s)
- Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) and Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) after John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
- Title
-
- The Lake of Mezzola, near Chiavenna, Lake Como in the Distance
- Date
- 1794 - 1797
- Medium and Support
- Graphite and watercolour on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 24.2 × 37.7 cm, 9 ½ × 14 ⅞ in
- Inscription
'Lago di Como near Chiavenna' on the back, by Thomas Girtin; 'Lago de Como' on the back; 'J M Turner RA' on the back; '7' on the back
- Object Type
- Collaborations; Monro School Copy
- Subject Terms
- Hills and Mountains; Italian View: The North; Lake Scenery
-
- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- TG0492
- Description Source(s)
- Viewed in June 2018
Provenance
Dr Thomas Monro (1759–1833); his posthumous sale, possibly Christie’s, 28 June 1833, lot 80 as 'A scrap-book, containing 66 sketches in Switzerland, in blue and Indian ink' by 'Turner'; bought by 'Hixon', £21 11s 6d; ... Charles Sackville Bale (1791–1880); his posthumous sale, Christie’s, 14 May 1881, lot 168 as 'Near Chiavenna, Lago di Como' by Joseph Mallord William Turner; bought by Thos. Agnew & Sons, £16 16s (stock no.6096), for Frederick Wedmore (1844–1921), plus 10% commission, 21 May 1881; acquired by him for for James Pyke Thompson (1846–97); Turner House Collection, Penarth; transferred to the Museum, 1921
Exhibition History
Newcastle, 1924, no.16
Bibliography
Wedmore, 1900, no.9; Armstrong, 1902, p.246 as by Joseph Mallord William Turner; Bell and Girtin, 1935, p.35; Museum Website as 'Lago di Como, near Chiavenna' by Joseph Mallord William Turner (Accessed 19/09/2022)
Place depicted
Other entries in Monro School Copies:
Drawings Made with Joseph Mallord William Turner from the Sketches of John Robert Cozens’ First Trip to the Continent, 1776–79
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The Lake of Geneva, from Divonne
Private Collection
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A View of Geneva, from Cologny
British Museum, London
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A View of Geneva, from Cologny
Private Collection
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Mont Blanc, from the Banks of the Arve, near Sallanches in Savoy
British Museum, London
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A Footbridge between Rocks, near Chamonix
Tate, London
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Between Chamonix and Martigny, the Aiguille Verte
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
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La Bâtiaz Castle, near Martigny (Caesar’s Tower)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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The Rhône, Looking North from the Junction with the Salanfe River, near the Pissevache Fall
Tate, London
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The Valley of the Rhône, with a View of Sion from the East
Tate, London
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The Lake of Thun, near the Village of Spiez
Private Collection
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Interlaken, on the Road between the Lake of Thun and Unterseen
Private Collection
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The View from the Bridge at Unterseen
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
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Unterseen, from the Lake of Thun
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
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A River View near Grindelwald, Looking towards the Wetterhorn
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Along the River Schwarze Lütschine, between Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald
Private Collection
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Second View on the Reichenbach Falls, near Meiringen, in the Valley of Oberhasli
Private Collection, Norfolk
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0470-pi-1.jpg)
The Reichenbach Falls, the Fourth View
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0471-pi.jpg)
The Reichenbach Falls, the Fifth View
Tate, London
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The Reichenbach Falls, the Sixth View, in a Rocky Gorge
Tate, London
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The Reichenbach Falls, the Seventh Stage
Tate, London
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The Reichenbach Falls, the Eighth View
Tate, London
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The Reichenbach Falls, the Ninth View and Final Stage
Tate, London
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The Lesser Valley of Oberhasli, the Upper Part from the North
Private Collection
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The Benedictine Convent of Engelberg
Private Collection
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Lake Lucerne, the View from near Brunnen
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Lake Lucerne, the View from near Altdorf
Gallery Oldham
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Tell’s Chapel, Lake Lucerne, with the Fronalpstock Beyond
British Museum, London
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Tell’s Chapel, Lake Lucerne, with the Frohnalpstock Beyond
Private Collection
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Lake Lucerne, from Weggis, with the Bürgenstock Beyond
Eton College, Windsor
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A Narrow Gorge on the River Linth, near the Pantenbrücke
Tate, London
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Lake Klöntal
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence
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Lake Klöntal, the View Looking West
Leeds Art Gallery
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The Junction of the Two Rhines at Reichenau
Tate, London
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A Waterfall in a Rocky Defile, near Chur
Tate, London
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Waterside Buildings beneath a Sheer Cliff, near Chur
Tate, London
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Sargans Castle
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
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Bondo, with the House of the Count de Salis and Castelmur Castle in the Distance
Private Collection
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A Ruined Tower in a Valley, near Chur
Tate, London
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The Lake of Mezzola, near Chiavenna, Lake Como in the Distance
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
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Lake Walen, Looking East
British Museum, London
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Castelmur Castle, in the Village of Bondo
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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A Ravine In the Viamala, between Chur and Chiavenna
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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A Ravine with a Bridge, Located on the Banks of Lake Como
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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A Bridge over a Waterfall, near Chiavenna
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Chiavenna, with the Bell Tower of the College of San Lorenzo
Tate, London
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The Town of Como, from the Lake
Private Collection
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Lake Como, from the Villa Giulia, near Bellagio
Gallery Oldham
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Lake Como
British Museum, London
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Lake Como: Looking South, Possibly from the Foot of the Cliffs at Ca' Bianca
Private Collection
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Lake Como, Looking North to the Village of Bellagio
Private Collection
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Lake Como, Looking South, Possibly from the Foot of the Cliffs at Ca' Bianca
Private Collection
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An Unidentified Lakeside Town, Possibly on Lake Como
Private Collection
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The Bank of a Lake or River, with Hills Beyond
Tate, London
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An Unidentified Waterside Town
Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
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The Village of Bramans in the Haute Maurienne in Savoy
Private Collection
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An Unidentified Lake Scene
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
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A Covered Bridge with a Mountain Beyond, Possibly in Switzerland
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0512-pi.jpg)
A Wooden Bridge over a River, Said to Be in the Pass of St Gotthard
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0513-pi.jpg)
A River amongst Rocks, with a Castle on a Hill
Tate, London
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An Alpine Valley, near Chiavenna
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
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Rome: A Road under a Ruined Archway on the Palatine Hill
Tate, London
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Rome: Unidentified Ruins on the Palatine Hill
Tate, London
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Rome: The Ruins of Tiberius' Villa on the Palatine Hill, with the Wall of the Farnese Gardens
Tate, London
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Rome: The Ruins of Tiberius' Villa on the Palatine Hill, from the Forum
Tate, London
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Rome: A Monumental Ruin on the Palatine Hill
Tate, London
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Rome: Ruins on the Palatine Hill
Tate, London
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Rome: The View from the Palatine Hill, with the Palace of Augustus in the Foreground
Tate, London
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An Ancient Ruin, Probably near Rome
Tate, London
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Rome: Part of the Ruins of Nero's Golden House, the Domus Aurea
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0539-pi.jpg)
Rome: The Monumental Ruins of Nero's Golden House, the Domus Aurea
Tate, London
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Rome: The Ruins of Nero's Golden House, the Domus Aurea
Tate, London
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Rome: Part of the Extension to the Claudian Aqueduct, Known as the Arcus Neroniani
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0542-pi.jpg)
The Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, Rome
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0543-pi-1.jpg)
An Unidentified Mausoleum, Probably near Rome
Private Collection
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The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, Rome
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0545-pi.jpg)
Rome: The Castle of St Angelo
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Rome: The Temple of Vesta
Tate, London
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A Detail of the Portico of an Ancient Temple
Tate, London
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An Imaginary Composition with Antique Ruins and Figures
Tate, London
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Rome: The Ruined Nymphaeum of Alexander Severus, Known as the Temple of Minerva Medica
Tate, London
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Rome: The Colosseum, from the Caelian Hill
Private Collection
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Rome: The Colosseum, with a Rider on a Track
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
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Rome: Part of the Extension to the Claudian Aqueduct, Known as the Arcus Neroniani
Private Collection
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An Architectural Composition, Based on the Milvian Bridge over the River Tiber
Tate, London
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Rome: Part of the Milvian Bridge over the River Tiber (The Ponte Molle)
Tate, London
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Rome: The Fortified Northern End of the Milvian Bridge (The Ponte Molle)
Tate, London
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The Ripa Grande, Site of the Ancient Port of Rome, in an Imaginary Setting
Tate, London
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The Chapel of San Giuliano, Overlooking the River Tiber, near the Milvian Bridge
Tate, London
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Rome: The River Tiber, with the Aventine Hill to the Left
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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An Unidentified Villa, Possibly in Rome
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Rome: A Wall with Trees Overhanging a Road, near the Porta Pinciana
Tate, London
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An Unidentified Building and Column Set amongst Trees, Probably the Villa Negroni in Rome
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0562-pi.jpg)
Rome: A View in the Farnese Gardens
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0563-pi.jpg)
Rome: The Ludovisi Gardens
Private Collection
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Rome: The View from the Corsini Gardens
Private Collection
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Rome: A Distant View of the Basilica of St John Lateran
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
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Rome: St Peter’s, from a Nearby Terrace
Tate, London
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Rome: St Peter's Square from the Colonnade
Tate, London
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The Vatican: The Belvedere Viewed from the East beyond a High Wall
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0569-pi.jpg)
The Vatican: The Wall of the Giardino della Pigna and the Belvedere
Tate, London
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Rome: St Peter's from Monte Mario
Harewood House, Yorkshire
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St Peter's and the Vatican, from above the Arco Oscuro
Private Collection
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Rome: The River Tiber from Monte Mario, Looking towards the Sabine Hills
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0572-pi.jpg)
The Roman Campagna, from the Villa Madama
Private Collection
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Unidentified Fortifications on a Rocky Outcrop, Possibly on the Island of Capri
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0574-pi.jpg)
Tivoli, with the Falls of the River Aniene: The Grand Cascade
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Tivoli: The 'Villa of Maecenas' and Part of the Town
Private Collection
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Tivoli: The Grand Cascade Seen from a Terrace
Private Collection
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Tivoli: The 'Temple of the Sibyl' Seen across the Gorge of the Aniene
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Tivoli: The ‘Temple of the Sibyl’ and the Cascades Seen from Below
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0580-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The Rocca Pia, from the North West
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0581-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The Rocca Pia, from the South West
Tate, London
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An Archway through a Building, with a Round Tower
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0583-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: A Bridge and Gateway
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0584-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: A View through an Arch to the Cascade
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0585-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: Ancient Ruins, Known as the Temple of Bacchus, with the Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0586-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: 'The Temple of the Sibyl'
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0587-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: 'The Temple of the Sibyl', the Broken Side
Leeds Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0588-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: 'The Temple of the Sibyl', Seen from Below
Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0589-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: 'The Temple of the Sibyl', Seen from Below
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0590-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: 'The Temple of the Sibyl'
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0591-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The River Aniene, with 'The Temple of the Sibyl' Seen Above
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0592-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The 'Villa of Maecenas’, Seen from an Elevated Viewpoint
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0593-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The 'Villa of Maecenas' with Part of the Cascades
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0594-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The 'Villa of Maecenas' and Part of the Cascades, Seen from Below
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0595-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The View from the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Looking towards Montecelio
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0596-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The Villa d'Este, Looking South West
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0597-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: The Gran Loggia of the Villa d'Este
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0598-pi.jpg)
Tivoli: A Mausoleum, Known as the Temple of Tosse
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0599-pi.jpg)
The Tomb of Plautus, near Tivoli
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0600-pi-1.jpg)
A Wooded Valley near Bex in Switzerland
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0602-pi.jpg)
Rocca di Papa, from Monte Cavo
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0603-pi.jpg)
The Passionist Monastery on Monte Cavo
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0604-pi.jpg)
A Distant View of the Passionist Monastery on Monte Cavo
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0605-pi.jpg)
A Ruined Ancient Building, Probably a Mausoleum on the Appian Way
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0606-pi.jpg)
The Ruined Mausoleum of the Emperor Gallienus on the Appian Way
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0607-pi.jpg)
The Ruins of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Gallienus on the Appian Way
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0608-pi.jpg)
Unidentified Ruins, Possibly the Aqua Anio Novus Aqueduct, near Tivoli, Known as Pompey’s Tomb
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0609-pi.jpg)
Albano: A Ruined Building by a Stream
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0610-pi.jpg)
Albano: Part of the Ruins of the Ancient Baths of Caracalla, Known as Cellomaio
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0611-pi.jpg)
A Hermitage at Albano on the Appian Way
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0612-pi.jpg)
Albano: The Ruins of the Ancient Baths of Caracalla, Known as Cellomaio
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0613-pi.jpg)
Lake Albano, Viewed from the Bergantino
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0614-pi.jpg)
Albano: A Mausoleum, Known as the Tomb of the Horatii and Curatii
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0615-pi.jpg)
Albano: The Ruins of a Mausoleum, Known as the Tomb of the Horatii and Curatii
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0616-pi.jpg)
Lake Albano with Castel Gandolfo
Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0617-pi.jpg)
Lake Albano, from Palazzolo
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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Ariccia: The Church of Santa Maria Assunta
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0619-pi.jpg)
Ariccia: Looking Up to the Church of Santa Maria Assunta
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0620-pi.jpg)
A Distant View of Ronciglione, near Lake Vico
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0621-pi.jpg)
An Unidentified View, Formerly Known as 'L'Arriccia'
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0622-pi.jpg)
Ariccia: The Church of Santa Maria Assunta and the Chigi Palace
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0623-pi.jpg)
An Unidentified Convent at Nemi
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0624-pi.jpg)
Nemi: Unidentified Buildings Overlooking a Stream
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0625-pi.jpg)
An Unidentified Building, Known as 'The Capuchin Convent near Nemi'
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0626-pi.jpg)
Genzano: The Palazzo Sforza Cesarini
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0627-pi.jpg)
Lake Nemi, with Genzano and the Palazzo Sforza Cesarini
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0628-pi.jpg)
The Town of Nemi Overlooking the Lake
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0629-pi.jpg)
The Town of Nemi, from the Banks of the Lake
Leeds Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0630-pi.jpg)
Lake Nemi and the Town of Genzano
Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0631-pi.jpg)
The Lake and Town of Nemi
Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0632-pi.jpg)
Lake Nemi, with Genzano in the Distance
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0634-pi.jpg)
An Unidentified Castle by a River, Known as 'Orte'
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0635-pi.jpg)
Lake Vico
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0636-pi.jpg)
Lake Vico, from the Hill of Viterbo
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0637-pi.jpg)
Lake Bolsena
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0638-pi.jpg)
A River View with a Hill Town Beyond, Possibly Showing Tivoli
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0639-pi.jpg)
A Distant View of Radicofani in Tuscany
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0640-pi.jpg)
Lake Trasimeno
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0641-pi.jpg)
Lake Trasimeno
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0642-pi.jpg)
An Unidentified Waterfall, Possibly in Switzerland, Known as 'The Velino Falls'
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0643-pi.jpg)
The Ascent to the Marmore Falls (The Cascade of Terni)
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0644-pi.jpg)
The Bridge of Augustus, near Narni
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0645-pi.jpg)
A Distant View of Civita Castellana
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0646-pi-2.jpg)
An Unidentified View, Possibly at Civita Castellana
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0647-pi-2.jpg)
On the River Tiber, at Acqua Acetosa
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0648-pi.jpg)
A View on the River Tiber, North of Rome
Tate, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0649-pi.jpg)
Terracina, on the Coast between Rome and Naples, with the Temple of Jupiter Anxur
Tate, London
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Gaeta, Seen across the Gulf from Formia
Tate, London
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Buildings on the Coast at Posillipo, near Naples
British Museum, London
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Naples: Santa Maria del Parto, Mergellina
Tate, London
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Naples: Looking across the Bay towards Vesuvius from Mergellina
Tate, London
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Baia Castle
Tate, London
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The Temple of Venus at Baia
Tate, London
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The Temple of Venus at Baia
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin
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The Bay of Baia, with Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance
Tate, London
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An Unidentified Fortress, Probably Baia Castle
Tate, London
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Naples: Castel Sant'Elmo and the Convent of San Martino
Tate, London
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Naples: View over the City from the Royal Palace at Capodimonte
Tate, London
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Vesuvius, from Torre Greco
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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An Unidentified Fort on a Cliff by the Sea
Tate, London
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Capri: A View over the Eastern Promontory to the Bay of Salerno, with Steps Leading to the Castello Barbarossa
Tate, London
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A Group of Buildings on a Low Cliff, near Naples
Tate, London
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Lake Avernus
Private Collection
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Solfatara, near Naples
British Museum, London
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The Norman Tower at Maiori on the Coast near Salerno
Tate, London
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An Entrance to the Roman Amphitheatre at Capua
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Vallombrosa Abbey
Tate, London
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A Mill and a Two-Arched Bridge on the Road between Florence and Rome
Tate, London
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A Five-Arched Bridge, on the Road between Florence and Rome
Tate, London
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Florence: The Arno, with the Ponte alla Carraia
Private Collection
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The Arno, Seen from the Pisa to Florence Road
Tate, London
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The Lighthouse at Livorno (Leghorn)
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
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On the Coast South of Genoa, near Lerici
Tate, London
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A Coastal View of Sestri Levante, near Genoa
Private Collection
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About this Work
This view of the small lake south of Chiavenna in northern Italy displays many of the signs that mark the unique collaboration between Girtin and his contemporary Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) at the home of Dr Thomas Monro (1759–1833). Here they were employed across three winters, probably between 1794 and 1797, to make ‘finished drawings’ from the ‘Copies’ of the ‘outlines or unfinished drawings of Cozens’ and other artists, amateur and professional, either from Monro’s collection or lent for the purpose. As the two young artists later recalled, Girtin generally ‘drew in outlines and Turner washed in the effects’. ‘They went at 6 and staid till Ten’, which may account for the generally monochrome appearance of the works, and, as the diarist Joseph Farington (1747–1821) reported, Turner received ‘3s. 6d each night’, though ‘Girtin did not say what He had’ (Farington, Diary, 12 November 1798).1
The view of the Lake of Mezzola, looking south to Lake Como, was copied from a composition by John Robert Cozens (1752–97) that he executed as a small monochrome study (see figure 1; Bell and Girtin, 1935, no.48), part of a group of eleven signed drawings all on the same scale and uniformly mounted with their titles added below. The Cozens drawing is inscribed ‘Near Chiavenna in the Grisons’, a region now known as Graubünden that he visited in September 1776 on the way to the Italian peninsular, adding that it is 'The Lago di Como in the distance'. Six of the compositions provided the basis for Monro School copies (see also TG0485, TG0494, TG0495, TG0503, TG0600), but as each are larger to varying degrees than the 26.8 × 18.7 cm (10 ½ × 7 ⅜ in) of the Cozens drawings it is clear that they were not used by Girtin as his source material. Moreover, one of the group titled by Cozens ‘The Approach to Martigny, Rhone Valley, Valais' (Leeds Art Gallery (13.88/53)) is based on a larger on-the-spot drawing dated 1776 now in the Sir John Soane's Museum (44/12/15). The Cozens outline measures 22.9 × 36.2 cm (9 × 14 ¼ in) and given that the Monro School copies invariably follow the dimensions of their source material it is not unreasonable to conclude that the rest of this group of drawings was developed from untraced sketches made by the older artist on his first visit to the Continent. Only one of Cozens’ sketches from 1776 has survived, but others from a year later are consistently large in scale and are generally little more than summary outlines (see TG0589 figure 1), which would have needed careful interpretation to create the ‘finished drawings’ that Monro required for his collection. In all, there are as many as sixty Monro School views of the Alpine scenery of France, Switzerland and northern Italy that can, with varying degrees of certainty, be associated with Cozens’ first trip to the Continent in 1776.
Establishing the division of labour within a Monro School drawing is considerably helped, as here, when the colour washes leave much of the pencil work showing through. Although the nature of the subject did not require much detail, Girtin’s hand is clearly apparent under Turner’s economical use of a simple palette of blues and greys. Sadly, the paper has been discoloured due to intense exposure to light at some point during its public display, though the protection afforded by an earlier mount, left and right, gives some impression of how it originally appeared. There is a second version of the Monro School composition of roughly the same dimensions (see figure 2). The quality of the washes is poor in comparison, and, although the underlying pencil work is better, the drawing is unlikely to be anything other than a copy by an unknown artist of the Girtin–Turner collaboration.
1794 - 1797
Lake Klöntal, the View Looking West
TG0485
1794 - 1797
Castelmur Castle, in the Village of Bondo
TG0494
1794 - 1797
A Ravine in the Viamala, between Chur and Chiavenna
TG0495
1794 - 1797
Lake Como
TG0503
1794 - 1797
An Unidentified Valley with Travellers, Possibly in Switzerland
TG0600
1794 - 1797
Tivoli: ‘The Temple of the Sibyl’, Seen from Below
TG0589