Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dresden: Two Views up the Elbe

1835

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Dresden, Teplitz and Prague Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 100 x 159 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D30301
Turner Bequest CCCI 3 a

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Here Turner records two prospects of the River Elbe at Dresden, Saxony. The principal view, taken from the banks of the river, shows the Augustus Bridge and Dresden’s churches in the distance: the domed Frauenkirche and the Hofkirche at right.

For more sketches of Dresden see Tate D30296–D30308, D30896–D30900, D31013, D31024–D31042; Turner Bequest CCCI 1–7, CCCVI 6a–9, 65a, CCCVII 3–12.

Alice Rylance-Watson
September 2015

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dresden: Two Views up the Elbe

1835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Kreuzkirche and Frauenkirche

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Frauenkirche, Schloss, Hofkirche and Bridge; Dresden: The Zwinger from beyond the Moat to the North-West, with the Hofkirche and Schloss Seen over It

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of the Elbe, with Churches

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden from Räcknitz; The Elbe Valley near Dresden

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Elbe near Dresden, with a Church and a Boat in the Foreground

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Frauenkirche, Kreuzkirche, Hofkirche and Schloss from the Northern Bank just upstream of the Bridge; Two Boats

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View up the Elbe; Separate Detail of a Spire

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Kreuzkirche, Frauenkirche, Schloss, Hofkirche and Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Dresden from along the Elbe: Looking Downstream to the Bridge and Principal Buildings; Looking Upstream to the City from its Outskirts

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Kreuzkirche and Frauenkirche

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Elbe East of Dresden with Wooded Hills

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe with the Bastei Viewing Platform on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Frauenkirche, Schloss, Hofkirche and Bridge; Dresden: The Zwinger from beyond the Moat to the North-West, with the Hofkirche and Schloss Seen over It

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of the Elbe, with Churches

Joseph Mallord William Turner Schandau, Seen across the Elbe

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden from Räcknitz; The Elbe Valley near Dresden

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe from the Bastei with Lilienstein in the Distance

Joseph Mallord William Turner Pirna: The Fortress of Sonnenstein and View up the Elbe

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Elbe near Dresden, with a Church and a Boat in the Foreground

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View across the Elbe to the Frauenkirche, Kreuzkirche, Hofkirche and Schloss from the Northern Bank just upstream of the Bridge; Two Boats

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Elbe from the Bastei

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