Frankfurt: The Bridge and Maininsel, Looking Downstream to the Cathedral (in Two Instalments)

1835

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Prague, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Rhine Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 118 x 190 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D30694
Turner Bequest CCCIV 34

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This is a view of Frankfurt’s Old Bridge or Alte Brücke, which crosses the River Main in the heart of the city. A small river island known as the Maininsel lies directly beneath the bridge, situated closer to the Sachsenhausen side of the Main (pictured left). Though the Maininsel is not clearly visible in this sketch, the two old mills at either side of the bridge’s balustrade can be seen. Frankfurt Cathedral is roughly marked out in profile at far right and depicted again in the sketch above the bridge.

For more drawings of Frankfurt see Tate D30678–D30679, D30684–D30698, D30700–D30705; Turner Bequest CCCIV 26–26a, 29–36, 37–39a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Frankfurt: The Bridge and Maininsel, Looking Downstream to the Cathedral (in Two Instalments)

1835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt: The Bridge and Maininsel, Looking Downstream to the Cathedral (in Two Instalments)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt: View up the Main to the Cathedral, Bridge, Maininsel and Sachsenhausen (Shown in a Separate Instalment)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt: View across the Main to the Cathedral with the Bridge on the Right (with Continuation in Sky)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt: View across the Main with the Leonardskirche, Rententurm, Katharinenkirche and Nikolaikirche; Houses on the Maininsel; The Cathedral and Bridge from across the Main

Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt; View across the Main to the Cathedral

Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt: View across the Main with the Bridge, Deutschherrnhaus and Sachsenhausen (in Two Instalments)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt: View along the Main Quay Showing the Saalhof, Cathedral and Rententurm

Joseph Mallord William Turner Würzburg: The Main Bridge, Marienkapelle, Town Hall, Neumünster and Cathedral from the Hillside above St Burkard’s Church

Joseph Mallord William Turner Heidelberg: The Bridge and Heiliggeistkirche (in Two Instalments)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mainz: The West Tower of the Cathedral, in Two Instalments

Joseph Mallord William Turner Würzburg: View of the Neumünster, Cathedral and Marienberg from above Dreikronenstrasse (in Two Instalments)

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) Schönbühel Monastery; (2) The Danube near Schönbühel; (3) Schönbühel Castle and Melk Abbey, Looking Upstream (in Two Instalments) (4) View Downstream to Aggstein Castle

Joseph Mallord William Turner Frankfurt: View up the Main to the Rententurm 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 Würzburg: View from the Banks of the Main North of the City (in Two Instalments)

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