Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Distant View of Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein (the ‘Hostile Brothers’), Looking down the River Rhine, with Three Figures Towing a Boat in the Foreground

1840

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Würzburg, Rhine and Ostend Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 104 × 170 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D30546
Turner Bequest CCCIII 45

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Distant View of Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein (the ‘Hostile Brothers’), Looking down the River Rhine, with Three Figures Towing a Boat in the Foreground

1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) (2) ‘The Brothers’ from across the Rhine; (3) Burg Sterrenberg, Looking Upstream from the West Bank soon after Boppard; (4) Boat

Joseph Mallord William Turner Burg Maus, Looking up the River Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) Boppard, Looking Downstream from below Bornhofen; (2) Bornhofen and Burg Sterrenberg, Looking Upstream; (3)-(6) Burg Sterrenberg, Burg Liebenstein and Bornhofen

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) (2) The Heimburg and Church of Maria Himmelfahrt, Neiderheimbach, Looking Downstream; (3) View down the Rhine towards the Heimburg and Burg Fürstenberg (Left) and Burg Nollig and Lorch (Right); (4) View up the Rhine towards Burg Sooneck

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein (the ‘Hostile Brothers’), Looking down the River Rhine to Bornhofen

Joseph Mallord William Turner Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein (the ‘Hostile Brothers’), Looking down the River Rhine to Bornhofen

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein, Looking Upstream, with a Passenger Boat in the Foreground

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Pfalz, Kaub and Burg Gutenfels, Looking down the River Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bornhofen, below Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein (the ‘Hostile Brothers’), on the River Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein, Looking Downstream

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Pfalz, Kaub, Burg Gutenfels and the Schönburg, Looking down the River Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) (2) Linz; (3) Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein, Looking down the Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein (the ‘Hostile Brothers’), above Bornhofen on the River Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) Burg Maus and Wellmich, Looking Upstream; (2) Burg Maus and Wellmich Church, with a Sailing Boat; (3) View down the Rhine Towards Eltville and the Rheingau

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein, Looking Downstream

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) (2) ‘The Brothers’ from across the Rhine; (3) Burg Sterrenberg, Looking Upstream from the West Bank soon after Boppard; (4) Boat

Joseph Mallord William Turner Burg Maus, Looking up the River Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) Boppard, Looking Downstream from below Bornhofen; (2) Bornhofen and Burg Sterrenberg, Looking Upstream; (3)-(6) Burg Sterrenberg, Burg Liebenstein and Bornhofen

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) (2) The Heimburg and Church of Maria Himmelfahrt, Neiderheimbach, Looking Downstream; (3) View down the Rhine towards the Heimburg and Burg Fürstenberg (Left) and Burg Nollig and Lorch (Right); (4) View up the Rhine towards Burg Sooneck

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