Joseph Mallord William Turner

On the Moselle

1824

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Moselle (or Rhine) Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 160 × 235 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D20175
Turner Bequest CCXIX 14

Catalogue entry

Rendered summarily with fluid pencil line, here Turner shows a sweeping meander of the Moselle with a village at its banks on the right. Flecks of chalk highlight certain features of the landscape and reflections are rendered in the very same white to evoke the crystalline transparency of the waters.

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Alice Rylance-Watson
November 2013

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