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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Sketches of Copenhagen from the Sound 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Sketches of Copenhagen from the Sound’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Verso
Three Sketches of Copenhagen from the Sound 1835
D31123
Turner Bequest CCCVII 52 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 are three sketches of Copenhagen taken from the Øresund. 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 Copenhagen from the Sound 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-copenhagen-from-the-sound-r1186998, accessed 30 June 2024.