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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Trekroner and of Sailing Ships 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Trekroner and of Sailing Ships’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Verso
Sketches of Trekroner and of Sailing Ships 1835
D31125
Turner Bequest CCCVII 53 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermarked with a beehive surrounded by garlands and bees
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These top and central sketches depict Trekroner fort at the entrance of Copenhagen Harbour. Turner has also dashed off a sketch of two sailing ships.
For other drawings of Copenhagen see Tate D30824–D30829, D30832–D30833, D30859, D30861, D30873, D30881, D30883, D30887, D31120–D31137; Turner Bequest CCCV 2–5, 6a–7, 20, 21, 27, 31, 32, 34, CCCVII 51–59a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches of Trekroner and of Sailing Ships 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-sketches-of-trekroner-and-of-sailing-ships-r1187000, accessed 30 June 2024.