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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Salzburg: Two Views of the Fortress 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Salzburg: Two Views of the Fortress’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Verso:
Salzburg: Two Views of the Fortress 1833
D30169
Turner Bequest CCC 20a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 99 x 159 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[?Water], ‘[White House]’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Hohensalzburg fortress at Salzburg is depicted in two views: the principal at centre with second roughly rendered view squared off at top left. In this rough sketch the fortress is at centre, with trees at right and the tower of the Stift Nonnberg visible at left. ‘[?Water], ‘[White House]’ is inscribed below.
For more views of Salzburg in this sketchbook see Tate D30133–D30139; D30144–D30222; D30294–D30295; Turner Bequest CCC 2a–5a, 8–47, 84–84a. See also the Heidelberg up to Salzburg sketchbook (Tate D29965, D29969–D29970, D29972, D29977, D29986; Turner Bequest CCXCVIII 76a, 78a–79, 80, 83, 88) and the Vienna up to Venice (Tate D31483–D31486, D31495; Turner Bequest 34a–40a).
Technical notes:
Water stains present, presumably owing to the Tate Gallery flood of 1928. Black smudges at top centre towards left.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Salzburg: Two Views of the Fortress 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-salzburg-two-views-of-the-fortress-r1203302, accessed 28 April 2025.