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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Alken and Burg Thurandt 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Alken and Burg Thurandt’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Alken and Burg Thurandt 1839
D28575
Turner Bequest CCXCI 20
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 100 x 156 mm
Watermarked with French imperial eagle
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘20’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXCI–20’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch shows the village of Alken and the ruins of the medieval castle of Thurandt above it. For other views of Alken and the Burg Thurandt in this sketchbook see Tate D28371–D28374, D28576–D28577; Turner Bequest 18–19a, 20a–1.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Alken and Burg Thurandt 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-alken-and-burg-thurandt-r1150859, accessed 25 April 2024.