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Mer de Glace, Chamonix, with Blair's Hut
Maker
(artist)
1775-1851
1775-1851
Title
Mer de Glace, Chamonix, with Blair's Hut
Date of Production
1806
Medium
graphite, watercolour, scraping on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.6 cm
Width: 39.2 cm
Width: 39.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1974.STC.7
Mode of Acquisition
Jeanne Courtauld, gift, in memory of Sir Stephen Courtauld, 1974
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
The Mer de Glace, the second largest glacier in the Alps, is named for its resemblance to a frozen sea. Standing on the ice, Turner was clearly awed by the scale of the jagged peaks and the wild untamed scenery. Abandoning any framing device in this composition, he allows the terrain to disappear off the edges of the sheet. Bands of cool and warm colour give a feeling of recession, while a tiny eagle soaring over the valley below emphasises the vastness of the landscape. The work was commissioned by Walter Fawkes, who owned five watercolours of the Mer de Glace region inspired by Turner’s 1802 tour.
Provenance
commissioned by friend and patron of the artist, Walter Fawkes, Farnley Hall (1769-1825), by 1819; by descent to Frederick H. Fawkes; purchased from him by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London), 22 July 1912; purchased there by A.H. Wild, 1917; his sale, Christie's (London), 16 June 1922, lot 125; purchased there by N. Mitchell; his sale, Christie's (London), 27 April 1923, no. 9; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Stephen Courtauld (1883-1967), 17 March 1927; by descent to Jeanne Courtauld, 1972; presented by Jeanne Courtauld in memory of Stephen Courtauld, 1974
Exhibition History
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008 ...More
Alpine Painting, John Mitchell and Son, New Bond Street, London, 28/11/2001-21/12/2001
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' -
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism, New York Public Library, and toured around USA, 1987-88
Turner en France: aquarelles, peintures, dessins, gravures, carnets de croquis, Centre Culturel du Marais, Paris, 1981-82
Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner from the Sir Stephen Courtauld
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
Annual exhibition of water colour drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1927
The water-colours of Turner, Cox and De Wint, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1925
Exhibition of Water-colour Drawings by Turner, Cox and De Wint, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1924
Exhibition of water-colour drawings by Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A., Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1913
Leeds, 1839
A Collection of Water-colour drawings in the possession of Mr Fawkes, 43 Grosvenor Place, Grosvenor Place, London, 1819 ...Less
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008 ...More
Alpine Painting, John Mitchell and Son, New Bond Street, London, 28/11/2001-21/12/2001
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' -
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism, New York Public Library, and toured around USA, 1987-88
Turner en France: aquarelles, peintures, dessins, gravures, carnets de croquis, Centre Culturel du Marais, Paris, 1981-82
Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner from the Sir Stephen Courtauld
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
Annual exhibition of water colour drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1927
The water-colours of Turner, Cox and De Wint, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1925
Exhibition of Water-colour Drawings by Turner, Cox and De Wint, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1924
Exhibition of water-colour drawings by Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A., Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1913
Leeds, 1839
A Collection of Water-colour drawings in the possession of Mr Fawkes, 43 Grosvenor Place, Grosvenor Place, London, 1819 ...Less
Literature
Serres, Karen (ed.), The Courtauld Collection: A Vision for Impressionism, Paul Holberton Publishing 2019
ill. on p. 339
Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld Gallery, Wordsworth Trust; Courtauld Gallery, 2008-2009
no. 12
ill. on p. 79
J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 12
ill. on p. 97 ...More
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
Hill, David, Turner in the Alps: the journey through France and Switzerland in 1802, London, 1992
ill. on p. 61
Gage, John, J.M.W. Turner: "A Wonderful Range of Mind", New Haven and London, 1987
ill. on p. 44
Wilton, Andrew, Turner in his time, London 1987
p. 86
Page 86 of this reference is cited in an exhibition catalogue entry for D.1974.STC.7. However this reference itself does not actually include direct mention of the object on that page. There is just background on Turner's academic standing and artistic preoccupations in the years 1811-1820.
Turner en France, Centre Culturel du Marais, Paris, 1981-1982
no. 34
ill. on p. 109
Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 4 (Turner)
Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 371
ill.
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 25
Russell, John and Andrew Wilton, Turner in Switzerland, Zurich, De Clivo Press, 1976
p. 44
Turner in the British Museum: drawings and watercolours, British Museum, 1975-76
pp. 39-40
Kitson, Michael, Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner: Turner watercolours from the collection of Stephen Courtauld, London, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1974
no. 4
La peinture romantique anglaise et les preraphaelites, Petit Palais, Paris, 1972
under no. 282
Finberg, Alexander Joseph, The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A., Oxford, 1961
pp. 125, 467 (no. 104), 481 (no. 247)
Oppé, A.P., The Water-colours of Turner, Cox and De Wint, London, 1925
pl. III
Finberg, Alexander Joseph, A complete inventory of the Turner Bequest, London, 1909
p. 202 ...Less
ill. on p. 339
Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld Gallery, Wordsworth Trust; Courtauld Gallery, 2008-2009
no. 12
ill. on p. 79
J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 12
ill. on p. 97 ...More
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
Hill, David, Turner in the Alps: the journey through France and Switzerland in 1802, London, 1992
ill. on p. 61
Gage, John, J.M.W. Turner: "A Wonderful Range of Mind", New Haven and London, 1987
ill. on p. 44
Wilton, Andrew, Turner in his time, London 1987
p. 86
Page 86 of this reference is cited in an exhibition catalogue entry for D.1974.STC.7. However this reference itself does not actually include direct mention of the object on that page. There is just background on Turner's academic standing and artistic preoccupations in the years 1811-1820.
Turner en France, Centre Culturel du Marais, Paris, 1981-1982
no. 34
ill. on p. 109
Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 4 (Turner)
Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 371
ill.
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 25
Russell, John and Andrew Wilton, Turner in Switzerland, Zurich, De Clivo Press, 1976
p. 44
Turner in the British Museum: drawings and watercolours, British Museum, 1975-76
pp. 39-40
Kitson, Michael, Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner: Turner watercolours from the collection of Stephen Courtauld, London, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1974
no. 4
La peinture romantique anglaise et les preraphaelites, Petit Palais, Paris, 1972
under no. 282
Finberg, Alexander Joseph, The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A., Oxford, 1961
pp. 125, 467 (no. 104), 481 (no. 247)
Oppé, A.P., The Water-colours of Turner, Cox and De Wint, London, 1925
pl. III
Finberg, Alexander Joseph, A complete inventory of the Turner Bequest, London, 1909
p. 202 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: 15 1/2 x 11
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