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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Burg Rheinstein and Burg Reichenstein 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Burg Rheinstein and Burg Reichenstein’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Verso:
Burg Rheinstein and Burg Reichenstein 1835
D30654
Turner Bequest CCCIV 12 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark ‘zo[nen]’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches show Burg Rheinstein and the Burg Reichenstein in the distance. Turner passed by the two castles as he navigated the Rhine downstream towards Coblenz. See also Tate D30652–D30653; Turner Bequest CCCIV 11a–12.

Alice Rylance-Watson
November 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Burg Rheinstein and Burg Reichenstein 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 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-burg-rheinstein-and-burg-reichenstein-r1187035, accessed 17 May 2024.