Coblenz, with Bridge of Boats over the Rhine

after c.1830

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium: Gouache, pen and ink, graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 237 x 294 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D36165
Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 308

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From 1842 Turner revived his youthful habit of allowing his patrons to select the subjects they wanted him to develop for them from his sketches. These were mostly views of Switzerland, but he also produced drawings of Coblenz for the writer John Ruskin from a study similar to this one.

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Coblenz, with Bridge of Boats over the Rhine

after c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein and the Bridge of Boats over the Rhine

Joseph Mallord William Turner Kobern, Looking Upstream; Kobern, Looking Upstream, from further Downstream; View across the Rhine from Coblenz, Showing the Bridge of Boats at Ehrenbreitstein;Hills

Joseph Mallord William Turner View of Rhine downstream to Coblenz (Left) and Ehrenbreitstein (Right), with Twin Spires of St Castor’s Church, Coblenz, the Bridge of Boats and a Timber Raft

Joseph Mallord William Turner Gondorf and Niederfell, Looking Downstream; View up the Rhine from the Landing-Stage at Coblenz, with the Bridge of Boats at Ehrenbreitstein

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Bridge of Boats, Rouen

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mannheim: View across the Bridge of Boats on the Rhine, Showing the Bridge over the Canal Linking the Rhine and the Neckar, the Jesuits’ Church and the Electoral Palace

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rouen: The Bridge of Boats, the New Stone Bridge and the Cathedral

Joseph Mallord William Turner Franchimont and the Bridge over the Hoëgne at Marché de Theux

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Rhine to Ehrenbreitstein; View down the Rhine to Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, with the Bridge of Boats

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Deutsches Eck and Moselle Bridge, Coblenz, with the Rhine-Moselle Confluence, from Ehrenbreitstein

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Rhine Front at Koblenz, Looking Downstream towards the Bridge of Boats, with Boats and Figures

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Mosel Bridge at Coblenz: Sample Study

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) View up the Rhine at Coblenz from the Confluence; (2) View up the Mosel at Coblenz from the Confluence; (3) Weissenthurm, with the ‘White Tower’ Itself and the Hoche Monument, Looking across to Neuwied

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Moselle Bridge, at Coblenz

Joseph Mallord William Turner River with a Bridge of Boats

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