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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Five Sketches of Aggstein 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Five Sketches of Aggstein’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Recto:
Five Sketches of Aggstein 1833
D30276
Turner Bequest CCC 75
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 99 x 159 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Oxtein’ bottom right, ‘Ox’ bottom left
Remains of inscription in red ink by Ruskin ‘75’ bottom right
Inscribed in black ink over Ruskin by CF Bell ‘75’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCC–75’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner depicts Aggstein Castle in five sketches, rendered with the sketchbook turned horizontally, in accordance with the foliation and upside down relative to the foliation. ‘Oxtein’ and ‘Ox’ is inscribed at rear. See also Tate D30274–D30275; Turner Bequest CCC 74–74a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Five Sketches of Aggstein 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-five-sketches-of-aggstein-r1203408, accessed 30 June 2024.