'Baden from the River Limmat', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Baden from the River Limmat

From Lake Thun Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXVI

Date 1802

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 201 x 156 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D04721

Turner Bequest LXXVI 63 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 63 Verso:

Baden from the River Limmat 1802

D04721
Turner Bequest LXXVI 63a

Pencil on white laid paper, 201 x 156 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The subject, first recognised by Robert Upstone, is continued on folio 64 of this sketchbook (Tate D04722). Castle Stein appears on that part of Turner’s double-spread view. For the various drawings of Baden and Castle Stein in this sketchbook, see especially folios 15 verso, 58 and 59 (Tate D04668, D04715, D04716).

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David Blayney Brown
March 2004

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.