Rendered with loose, rough line Turner has recorded three views of Koblenz and the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein taken from a distance on a boat on the Moselle.
For other drawings of Ehrenbreitstein and Koblenz in this sketchbook see Tate
D28351–
D28353,
D28356,
D28437–D28447,
D28530,
D28532,
D28533; Turner Bequest CCXC 1–2, 3a, 44–49, 88, 89, 89a. See also Enhrenbreitstein in depicted in two other sketchbooks belonging to the 1839 tour: the
First Mossel and Oxford (Tate
D28297,
D28301,
D28306,
D28316,
D28317; Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 4, 6, 7, 8a, 13a, 14) and the
Cochem to Coblenz – Home (Tate
D28603,
D28605–D28607; Turner Bequest CCXCI 34a, 35a–36a).
For earlier depictions of Ehrenbreitstein see the
Waterloo and Rhine sketchbook of 1817 (Tate
D12781–D12783,
D12802–D12806,
D12809; Turner Bequest CLX 42–43, 52a–54a, 56); the
Rhine sketchbook of the same date (Tate
D12894,
D12899,
D12901–D12902,
D12908; Turner Bequest 7, 10, 11–11a, 15); the
Rivers Meuse and Moselle sketchbook of 1824 (Tate
D19785,
D19818–D19821,
D19826–D19830; Turner Bequest CCXVI 117 a, 134–135a, 138–140). There are also a number of fine colour drawings depicting the fortress and neighbouring Koblenz, some of which include: Tate
D24804,
D24809,
D24833,
D36138,
D36206; Turner Bequest CCLIX 239, 244, 268, CCCLXIV 285, 346.
Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2013
