Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Moselle Waterfront at Coblenz, below the Bridge, with Ehrenbreitstein Beyond

1839

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Trèves to Cochem and Coblenz to Mayence Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 100 × 163 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D28536
Turner Bequest CCXC 91

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This swiftly wrought sketch depicts a few of the townspeople of Koblenz at the Moselle waterfront below the bridge. The twin towers of the Basilica of St Castor can be seen in the middle distance at right and beyond, atop the cliff, is the profile of the Ehrenbreistein citadel.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2013

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Moselle Waterfront at Coblenz, below the Bridge, with Ehrenbreitstein Beyond

1839

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Moselle Waterfront at Coblenz from the Bridge; Peasant Woman

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein from the Moselle; The Moselle Bridge at Koblenz

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Moselle Bridge, at Coblenz

Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Distant Views of Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein from the Moselle

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein and the Mosel Waterfront at Coblenz, from the Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein, from the Moselle Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein and the Mosel Bridge at Coblenz; The Mosel Front at Coblenz Upstream of the Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Overlapping Sketches of Ehrenbreitstein and the Moselle Bridge at Koblenz

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein from the Mosel

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein and the Mosel Waterfront at Coblenz, from the Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Confluence at Coblenz, Looking up the Moselle from Ehrenbreitstein; Ehrenbreitstein

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein, from the Moselle below the Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant Forts at Coblenz from the Moselle Ehrenbreitstein from the Moselle; Ehrenbreitstein, Coblenz and the Moselle Bridge, Looking down the Moselle; Part of Coblenz upstream from the Moselle Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner View from the Moselle Bridge at Coblenz towards Ehrenbreitstein and the Spires of Coblenz

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Moselle Waterfront at Coblenz from the Bridge; Peasant Woman

Joseph Mallord William Turner Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein from the Moselle

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein from the Moselle; The Moselle Bridge at Koblenz

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Moselle Bridge, at Coblenz

Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Distant Views of Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein from the Moselle

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein and the Mosel Waterfront at Coblenz, from the Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein, from the Moselle Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein and the Mosel Bridge at Coblenz; The Mosel Front at Coblenz Upstream of the Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner Overlapping Sketches of Ehrenbreitstein and the Moselle Bridge at Koblenz

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein from the Mosel

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ehrenbreitstein and the Mosel Waterfront at Coblenz, from the Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Confluence at Coblenz, Looking up the Moselle from Ehrenbreitstein; Ehrenbreitstein

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