'Schaffhausen; Castle and Town', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Schaffhausen; Castle and Town

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

D04723

Turner Bequest LXXVI 64 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 64 Verso:

Schaffhausen; Castle and Town 1802

D04723
Turner Bequest LXXVI 64a

Pencil on white laid paper, 201 x 156 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Finberg also noted: ‘This is a continuation of drawing on the page which came next in the original book, but I am not quite certain that this was the page now numbered 65’ (that is, the present folio 65, D04724, which he called only ‘Town with lake and mountains beyond’).

Despite Finberg’s reservations, this drawing does match up with that on folio 65 to form a double-page spread of Schaffhausen, with the castle in the present portion. Schaffhausen was Turner’s next stop after Baden, which he drew on the other side of this leaf (D04722) as part of another double-page spread. A closer view of Schaffhausen is on folio 75 (D04735). For the various views of Baden in this sketchbook, see especially folios 15 verso, 58 and 59 (Tate D04668, D04715, D04716).

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.