Joseph Mallord William Turner

This drawing depicts Blockhaus port (Blockhaus hafen) and the Vorsetzen (a long road which runs parallel to the Elbe) in Hamburg. The two-storey building at centre is the Baumhaus or ‘tree house’ built in the sixteenth century to function simultaneously as the port warden’s office, the customs house, an inn and concert hall. In the distance at left is the spire of St Michael’s Church (Michaeliskirche).

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.