Joseph Mallord William Turner

Houses on the Kolk, Rotterdam

1835

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rotterdam Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 95 × 153 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D32450
Turner Bequest CCCXXI 4

Catalogue entry

The sketch orientated horizontally is part of a panoramic view of Rotterdam continued from the folio opposite (Tate D32448; Turner Bequest CCCXXI 3). It shows the backs of houses in Toerijstuin, overlooking Kolk harbour.
The other sketch, rendered in accordance with the foliation, is a rough view of the Kolk, with St Lawrence’s tower outlined. The cross is shorthand for a windmill. Turner has inscribed a note at bottom left which may read ‘Canal’.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2016

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