Joseph Mallord William Turner

Hamburg: ?On the Stintfang, with Figures in the Foreground

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
D30884
Turner Bequest CCCV 32 a

Catalogue entry

This sketch probably depicts the Stintfang, an area of parkland overlooking the Elbe in Hamburg. Trees rendered with loose and fluid line delineate the parameters of the Stintfang from the quayside beyond; ships’ masts can be seen in the distance and figures people the foreground.
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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