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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Northern Germany, the Elbe and Prague ... > Prague, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Rhine ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Prague from the South 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Prague from the South’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Prague from the South 1835
D30754
Turner Bequest CCCIV 65
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark with the Lion of the Seven Provinces
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘65’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCIV–65’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a cursory sketch of Prague. Turner depicts the city from a southerly vantage point, encompassing St Vitus Cathedral, Prague Castle and St Nicholas’ Church at left. Charles Bridge can be seen at centre, connecting the Old Town (left) and Lesser Town (right) at either end of the Vltava River.
Prague is recorded elsewhere in this sketchbook at Tate D30759–30761, D30764–D30765, D30767, D30771–D30773, D30775–D30777, D30779–D30783, D30788–D30790, D30792–D30803, D30805, D30807–D30811, D30813–D30820; Turner Bequest CCCIV 68–69, 70a–71, 72, 74–75, 76–77, 78–80, 82a–84, 85–91, 92, 93–96, 97–102.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘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-prague-from-the-south-r1187129, accessed 22 November 2024.