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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Four Sketches of the Danube near Linz 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Four Sketches of the Danube near Linz’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Recto:
Four Sketches of the Danube near Linz 1833
D30238
Turner Bequest CCC 55
Pencil on off-white lined paper, 99 x 159 mm
Partial watermark ‘J’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Lintz’ centre left
Remains of inscription in red ink by Ruskin ‘55’ bottom right
Inscribed in black ink over Ruskin by CF Bell ‘55’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCC–55’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These four views show the Danube around Linz (inscribed ‘Lintz’ at centre left).

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Four Sketches of the Danube near Linz 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-four-sketches-of-the-danube-near-linz-r1203371, accessed 24 November 2024.