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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Luxembourg 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Luxembourg’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Verso:
Luxembourg 1824
D19715
Turner Bequest CCXVI 83 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 78 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough and swiftly rendered sketch depicts fortifications atop the Bock plateau at Luxembourg, with the Church of St Michael beyond (see also Tate D19712–D19714; Turner Bequest CCXVI 82–3).

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Luxembourg 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-luxembourg-r1174504, accessed 24 November 2024.