Turner in the Bernese Oberland

We left Turner during his last tour of Switzerland in 1844 at what today is Interlaken, and we promised to take a look at The Taft's Turner watercolour traditionally titled “Lake of Thun”.

JMW Turner circa 1845 Lake of Thun pencil and watercolour on paper 349 x 524mm Taft Museum of Art Bequest of CP & AF Taft 1931.390

Our problem is that although the above appears to be a late Turner watercolour, we, who know Lake Thun very well, are unable to match it to any view there.

Turner’s “Lake of Thun”: a reconsideration

Closer examination suggests that the difficulty lies not with the drawing, but with its title, so Prue Bishop and I will now undertake a detailed consideration - that will be published once this task is complete.   

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