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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Teplitz from the North-West, with the Buildings of the Schlossplatz in the Middle Ground (Right) and the Schlossberg and Schlackenberg in the Distance 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Teplitz from the North-West, with the Buildings of the Schlossplatz in the Middle Ground (Right) and the Schlossberg and Schlackenberg in the Distance’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Verso:
Teplitz from the North-West, with the Buildings of the Schlossplatz in the Middle Ground (Right) and the Schlossberg and Schlackenberg in the Distance 1835
D30317
Turner Bequest CCCI 11 a
Pencil on cream wove paper, 100 x 159 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a view of Teplitz (modern day Teplice in the Czech Republic), a town located in Bohemia near the Saxon border. At right the Schlossplatz can be seen, with the Dekanalkirche, Schlosskirche, and Teplice Palace. In the distance the Schlossberg and Schlackenberg hills are visible.
For more sketches of Teplitz see Tate D30315–D30335; Turner Bequest CCCI 10a–20a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
September 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Teplitz from the North-West, with the Buildings of the Schlossplatz in the Middle Ground (Right) and the Schlossberg and Schlackenberg in the Distance 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-teplitz-from-the-north-west-with-the-buildings-of-the-r1186701, accessed 19 May 2024.