Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketches of Cologne from the Rhine

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: D30778
Turner Bequest CCCIV 77 a

Catalogue entry

These sketches were taken as Turner passed through Cologne on the River Rhine. The large tower is of Great St Martin Church. For more sketches of the city see Tate D30762–D30763, D30766, D30770, D30772, D30774, D30778; Turner Bequest CCCIV 70–70a, 71a, 73a, 74a, 75a, 77a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

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