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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Five Sketches of Spielberg 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Five Sketches of Spielberg’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Verso:
Five Sketches of Spielberg 1833
D30241
Turner Bequest CCC 56a
Pencil on off-white lined paper, 159 x 99 mm
Partial watermark ‘J’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned upside down relative to the foliation, Turner depicts the ruins of Spielberg Castle near Langenstein, Austria. See also Tate D30048, D30240; Turner Bequest CCXCIX 24a, CCC 56.
Views from the folio opposite (Tate D30242; Turner Bequest CCC 57) are continued onto the present folio.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Five Sketches of Spielberg 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-five-sketches-of-spielberg-r1203374, accessed 30 June 2024.