J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings; Prague from the South 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings; Prague from the South’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 64 Verso:
Buildings; Prague from the South 1835
D30753
Turner Bequest CCCIV 64 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark ‘jh [&z]’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These rough jottings depict buildings and the Bohemian city of Prague, taken from a southerly perspective (see Tate 30754; Turner Bequest CCCIV 65). The views are rendered inversely to one another.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Buildings; Prague from the South 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-buildings-prague-from-the-south-r1187128, accessed 22 November 2024.