Joseph Mallord William Turner

Nuremberg: City Walls and Königstor from the South; A Sailing Boat

1835

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Prague, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Rhine Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 118 × 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D30707
Turner Bequest CCCIV 40 a

Catalogue entry

This is a view of the city walls and Königstor (King’s Tower) at Nuremberg, a city in Bavaria. The Königstor is a fortified tower which marked one of the principal entrances to Nuremberg’s old town. At top right Turner has also produced a slight sketch of a boat with its sails raised.
For more views of Nuremberg see Tate D30707–D30711, D30713, D30715–D30718, D30720–D30726, D30729–D30730; Turner Bequest CCCIV 40a–42a, 44, 45–46a, 47a–50a, 52–52a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

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