Joseph Mallord William Turner

Frankfurt: The Tower of the Cathedral

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 × 190 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D30679
Turner Bequest CCCIV 26 a

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This is the tower of Frankfurt Cathedral, continued from a study rendered on Tate D30684; Turner Bequest CCCIV 29. Frankfurt Cathedral was constructed in the fourteenth and fifteenth centruries on the foundations of an earlier church. Though not a true cathedral (an episcopal see), the building was used for the election and coronation of Holy Roman Emperors and came to be known as the ‘Kaiserdom’ because of its significance in Imperial history.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

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