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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Five Sketches of the Danube between Steyregg and the Junction with the Enns, Three Showing the Town of Enns in the Distance 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Five Sketches of the Danube between Steyregg and the Junction with the Enns, Three Showing the Town of Enns in the Distance’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Five Sketches of the Danube between Steyregg and the Junction with the Enns, Three Showing the Town of Enns in the Distance 1833
D30239
Turner Bequest CCC 55a
Pencil on off-white lined paper, 99 x 159 mm
Partial watermark ‘J’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Eisen’ centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In five sketches Turner depicts the Danube between Steyregg and the junction of that river with the Enns. Three views are orientated horizontally, with two orientated vertically at left. The town of Enns can be seen in three of the views, and most clearly in the central horizontal view inscribed ‘Eisen’ for Enns. Enns Belfry (or Stadtturm), the Church of St Marien and Basilica of St Laurence are visible. A boat carrying passengers appears in one of the views orientated vertically at left.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Five Sketches of the Danube between Steyregg and the Junction with the Enns, Three Showing the Town of Enns in the Distance 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-the-danube-between-steyregg-and-the-r1203372, accessed 30 June 2024.