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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Sketches of the Towers of Copenhagen from the Sound; Two Sketches of Sailing Ships 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Sketches of the Towers of Copenhagen from the Sound; Two Sketches of Sailing Ships’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto
Three Sketches of the Towers of Copenhagen from the Sound; Two Sketches of Sailing Ships 1835
D31126
Turner Bequest CCCVII 54
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermark double ‘X’ mark
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘54’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCVII–54’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned upright but inversely relative to the foliation, Turner has recorded sailing ships on the Øresund around Copenhagen Harbour. With the sketchbook orientated horizontally the artist shows Copenhagen in profile, with the towers and spires of its churches and palaces.
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, ‘Three Sketches of the Towers of Copenhagen from the Sound; Two Sketches 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-three-sketches-of-the-towers-of-copenhagen-from-the-sound-r1187001, accessed 30 June 2024.