- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Watercolour, gouache and pen on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 243 × 343 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D36137
Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 284
Display caption
Turner often used the Rhine as his route to Switzerland. On his journey in 1841 he made numerous watercolours of the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein as seen from Coblenz. Ruskin stated his reasons for selecting no.6: 'I have framed this sketch chiefly for the sake of its curious composition; the boat with the large sails, behind the chimney of the steamer, giving massiveness to the group; - next, as an instance of the delight which Turner used to take in smoke of steamers, here seen under warm light; lastly, because of its interesting indications of figures.'
Gallery label, August 2004
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