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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches, Probably at Elbogen 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches, Probably at Elbogen’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 59 Verso:
Sketches, Probably at Elbogen 1835
D30743
Turner Bequest CCCIV 59 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark with the Lion of the Seven Provinces
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Elbogn’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These rough and swiftly rendered sketches may show the Bohemian town of Elbogen, inscribed ‘Elbogn’ by Turner at bottom right. Elbogen is known today as Loket, in the modern day Czech Republic. The town is dominated by a twelfth-century Gothic castle, which is probably depicted in the central sketch. See also Tate D30744; Turner Bequest CCCIV 60.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches, Probably at Elbogen 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-sketches-probably-at-elbogen-r1187118, accessed 13 February 2025.