'Three Sketches of Fortifications near Copenhagen', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Three Sketches of Fortifications near Copenhagen

From Copenhagen to Dresden Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCCVII

Date 1835

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 162 x 89 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D31129

Turner Bequest CCCVII 55 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Copenhagen to Dresden Sketchbook

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nature (37,449)

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Denmark (39)

Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

Denmark

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1830s

Copenhagen to Dresden Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest