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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Sketches of Fortifications near Copenhagen 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Sketches of Fortifications near Copenhagen’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Verso
Three Sketches of Fortifications near Copenhagen 1835
D31129
Turner Bequest CCCVII 55 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermark ‘cfw & s’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘P/R[...]’ centre towards rear
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches show fortifications around Copenhagen and its harbour.
For other drawings of Copenhagen see Tate D30824–D30829, D30832–D30833, D30859, D30861, D30873, D30881, D30883, D30887, D31120–D31137; Turner Bequest CCCV 2–5, 6a–7, 20, 21, 27, 31, 32, 34, CCCVII 51–59a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Three Sketches of Fortifications near Copenhagen 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-three-sketches-of-fortifications-near-copenhagen-r1187004, accessed 26 April 2024.