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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Burg Bischofstein and the Pauluskapelle 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Burg Bischofstein and the Pauluskapelle’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Burg Bischofstein and the Pauluskapelle 1839
D28565
Turner Bequest CCXCI 15
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 100 x 156 mm
Watermarked ‘v d m[eulen]’
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXCI–15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner shows the Burg Bischofstein and Pauluskapelle from a slightly different angle from Tate D28564; Turner Bequest CCXCI 14a. The artist has also taken a quick jotting of an architectural detail of the Pauluskapelle. See also Tate D28566; Turner Bequest CCXCI 15 a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Burg Bischofstein and the Pauluskapelle 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-burg-bischofstein-and-the-pauluskapelle-r1150849, accessed 24 November 2024.