Joseph Mallord William Turner

Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein, Looking Downstream

1839

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Trèves to Cochem and Coblenz to Mayence Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 100 × 163 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D28515
Turner Bequest CCXC 82 a

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This rough and swiftly rendered sketch shows the precipitous cliffs of the Rhine Gorge at Bornhofen with the Castles Sterrenberg and Liebenstein at centre.

For other sketches of these castles see Tate D28511, D28513, D28514; Turner Bequest CCXC 80, 81, 81a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2013

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Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein, Looking Downstream

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Burg Treis, Looking Downstream; Pommern; Burg Treis, Looking Downstream; Treis, Looking Downstream; Karden and Treis, Looking Downstream, plus a Detail of St Castor’s Church, Karden

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberlahnstein, Burg Lahneck and the Martinsburg, Looking Downstream

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 Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein, Looking Upstream, with a Passenger Boat in the Foreground

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Liebfrauenkirche at Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream; Bacharach and Burg Stahleck, Looking Downstream

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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Wellmich and Burg Maus, Looking Upstream

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bornhofen and Burg Sterrenberg

Joseph Mallord William Turner Overlapping Sketches of Bornhofen, Burg Sterrenberg and Burg Liebenstein, from Viewpoints Moving Successively Upstream

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Oberwesel and the Schönburg, Looking Upstream towards Burg Gutenfels in the Distance

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cochem, Looking Downstream (plus Sketch of the Burg); Cochem, Looking Downstream from closer to the Town; Cochem, Looking Downstream

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Burg Treis, Looking Downstream; Pommern; Burg Treis, Looking Downstream; Treis, Looking Downstream; Karden and Treis, Looking Downstream, plus a Detail of St Castor’s Church, Karden

Joseph Mallord William Turner Burg Thurandt and Alken, Looking Downstream; Alken and Burg Thurandt, Looking Upstream

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