'Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein

From Wurzburg, Rhine and Ostend Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCCIII

Date 1840

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 170 x 104 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D30543

Turner Bequest CCCIII 43 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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military (6,180)

castle (5,507)

nature (37,446)

landscape (24,055)

mountain (6,140)

places (23,426)

cities, towns, villages (non-UK) (9,203)

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countries and continents (12,032)

Germany (2,367)

man-made landmarks (non-UK) (784)

Burg Liebenstein (24)

Burg Sterrenberg (25)

Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

Germany

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1840s

Wurzburg, Rhine and Ostend Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest