Joseph Mallord William Turner

Prague: Hradcany and the Charles Bridge from the South-Eastern Edge of the Bridge

1835

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Dresden, Teplitz and Prague Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 100 × 159 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D30360
Turner Bequest CCCI 33

Catalogue entry

This is a view of the Charles Bridge in Prague, capital of Bohemia. Each side of the bridge is adorned with mounted statues of saints, some of which can be seen at centre. Atop the heights of the Hradcany district in the distance Turner has rendered the exterior walls of Prague Castle and steeple of St Vitus Cathedral in summary outline.
Other drawings of Prague can be found at Tate D30344–D30361, D30364–D30366; Turner Bequest CCCI 25–33a, 36–37. The Prague, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Rhine sketchbook of the same tour holds drawings of the city at Tate D30759–30761, D30764–D30765, D30767, D30771–D30773, D30775–D30777, D30779–D30783, D30788–D30790, D30792–D30803, D30805, D30807–D30811, D30813–D30820; Turner Bequest CCCIV 68–69, 70a–71, 72, 74–75, 76–77, 78–80, 82a–84, 85–91, 92, 93–96, 97–102.

Alice Rylance-Watson
September 2015

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