'The Altenburg', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

The Altenburg

From Trieste, Graz and Danube Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCXCIX

Date c.1837-40

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 198 x 127 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D30015

Turner Bequest CCXCIX 7 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Trieste, Graz and Danube Sketchbook

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

Austria

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1840s

Trieste, Graz and Danube Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest