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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Hills along the Danube; Wallsee Castle; Hills along the Danube 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hills along the Danube; Wallsee Castle; Hills along the Danube’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Verso:
Hills along the Danube; Wallsee Castle; Hills along the Danube 1833
D30243
Turner Bequest CCC 57a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 159 x 99 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Walsee’ top right; ‘[...] Vassee’ centre towards bottom left (inverted), ‘Neuberg’ bottom left (inverted)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned upside down relative to the foliation, Turner depicts hills on the Danube and views of Wallsee Castle (inscribed ‘Walsee’ and ‘[...] Vassee’). Hills on the Danube are also recorded in the sketch running parallel to the gutter of the book. The view inscribed ‘Neuberg’ could refer to the town of Neustadtl an der Donau.
For more views of Wallsee Castle, see Tate D30017–D30018, D30025, D30028, D30244–D30246; Turner Bequest CCXCIX 8a–9, 12a, 14, CCC 58–59.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Hills along the Danube; Wallsee Castle; Hills along the Danube 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-hills-along-the-danube-wallsee-castle-hills-along-the-danube-r1203376, accessed 24 November 2024.