Joseph Mallord William Turner

Hamburg: The Western Prospect from the Stintfang, Looking down the Elbe towards St Pauli, with Gazing 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: D30875
Turner Bequest CCCV 28

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This sketch shows Hamburg from a westerly perspective and was taken from the Stintfang, an area of parkland overlooking the port. Figures in the foreground look out towards the River Elbe and the St Pauli district.

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: The Western Prospect from the Stintfang, Looking down the Elbe towards St Pauli, with Gazing Figures in the Foreground

1835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View from the Basin on the Upper Level of the Zwinger close to the Outer Side of the Wall Pavilion, Looking towards the Japanese Palace (across the Elbe) and (through the Trees) the Wall Pavilion, Hofkirche and Schloss

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Hamburg: The Western Prospect from the Stintfang, Looking down the Elbe towards St Pauli, with Gazing Figures in the Foreground

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hamburg: The Elbe Shore, Looking towards the City

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hamburg: The Elbe Shore West of the Niederhafen, Looking towards the City

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of the Elbe Valley, One Looking Down on Pirna from the Pirna-Königstein Road

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hamburg: Figures, Boats and Buildings on the Elbe Shore

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: The Elbe near the Brühl Terrace, Looking Downstream to the Bridge, with Figures under Trees; Copenhagen: (2) Equestrian Statue of Frederik V in the Amalienborg; (3) A Female Nude (?Statue in the Schack Palace)

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hamburg: ?On the Stintfang, with Figures in the Foreground

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hamburg: The Elbe Shore, with Boats

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of the Elbe, with Churches

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Elbe from the Bastei

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Elbe from the Bastei, with the Bärensteine

Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings Seen between Berlin and Dresden; Dresden: View down the Elbe towards the Palais Brühl, Hofkirche and Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Meuse from Jambes towards the Citadel at Namur and the Pont de Jambes; Groups of Figures with Merchandise and a Cart

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Elbe with Lilienstein in the Middle Distance (and Königstein Depicted in the Sky), from the Hillside

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: View from the Basin on the Upper Level of the Zwinger close to the Outer Side of the Wall Pavilion, Looking towards the Japanese Palace (across the Elbe) and (through the Trees) the Wall Pavilion, Hofkirche and Schloss

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