J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Metz Cathedral and Bridge over the Moselle 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Metz Cathedral and Bridge over the Moselle’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Verso:
Metz Cathedral and Bridge over the Moselle 1839
D28232
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 34 a
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 101 x 168 mm
Partial Pro Patria watermark
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has produced a very rough and swiftly rendered sketch of the profile of Metz Cathedral and a bridge traversing the Moselle at the left.
The drawing of Metz Cathedral on the opposite folio (Tate D28233; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 35) is continued onto this page, running parallel to the gutter of the sketchbook.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Metz Cathedral and Bridge over the Moselle 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-metz-cathedral-and-bridge-over-the-moselle-r1150509, accessed 19 April 2024.