'Laufenburg', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Laufenburg

From Lake Thun Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXVI

Date 1802

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 156 x 201 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D04664

Turner Bequest LXXVI 13 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 13 Verso:

Laufenburg 1802

D04664
Turner Bequest LXXVI 13a

Pencil on white laid paper, 156 x 201 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXVI 13’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The outline of buildings in this very slight sketch is repeated in ink on folio 14 of this sketchbook (D04665). The subject appears to be the same as appears in the more carefully drawn view, extended further to the left, on folio 25 verso (D04681), and thus identifiable as Laufenburg. Buildings seen here are repeated in a slighter sketch on folio 14 (D04665).

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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

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Gifts and bequests

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