Joseph Mallord William Turner

Hamburg: Houses and the Nikolaikirche from the South End of the Holzbrücke, with Figures in the Foreground; Copenhagen from the Sound

1835

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Hamburg and Copenhagen Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 92 × 155 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D30886
Turner Bequest CCCV 33 a

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The principal sketch is of Hamburg, taken from the south end of the Holzbrücke and looking towards St Nicholas’ Church (Nikolaikirche). A group of figures can be seen in the foreground at left. Parallel to the gutter of the sketchbook Turner has rendered a cursory view of Copenhagen from Øresund Strait.

For more sketches of Hamburg see Tate D30842–D30860, D30862–D30870, D30872, D30874–D30880, D30882–D30886; Turner Bequest CCCV 11a–20a, 21a–25a, 26a, 27a–30a, 31a–33a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2015

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Hamburg: Houses and the Nikolaikirche from the South End of the Holzbrücke, with Figures in the Foreground; Copenhagen from the Sound

1835

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