Joseph Mallord William Turner

Beilstein and Burg Metternich, Looking Upstream

1824

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Rivers Meuse and Moselle Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 78 × 118 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D19790
Turner Bequest CCXVI 120

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With nimble line, Turner depicts the picturesque Moselle town of Beilstein, with the Church of St Joseph and the Castle Metternich from a vantage point on the outskirts of Ellenz. For further drawings of the Burg Metternich in this book see Tate D19784, D19787–D19789, D19792, D20166, D20167; Turner Bequest CCXVI 117, 118a–119a, 121, CCXIX 5, 6.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2014

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Beilstein and Burg Metternich, Looking Upstream

1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Beilstein, Looking Upstream from near Fankel; Bruttig, Looking Upstream from near Ernst; Ellenz; Burg Metternich at Beilstein

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