Joseph Mallord William Turner

View up the Elbe to Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein and Königstein, from the Bastei, with the Viewing Platform in the Centre Left

1835

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Dresden and Saxon Switzerland Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 104 × 170 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D30997
Turner Bequest CCCVI 57 a

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Here Turner shows the Elbe valley in Saxony, looking towards Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein andKönigstein Mountains. The artist drew this prospect on the Bastei rocks, close to a viewing platform seen through the trees at centre left. See also Tate D30981–D31001; Turner Bequest CCCVI 49a–59a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2015

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

View up the Elbe to Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein and Königstein, from the Bastei, with the Viewing Platform in the Centre Left

1835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe towards Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein and Königstein, from the Bastei, with the Viewing Platform on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner View towards Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein and Königstein, from the Bastei, with the Viewing Platform in the Centre Foreground

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lilienstein and View up the Elbe from upriver from Königstein Town

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Elbe to the Bastei with Lilienstein in the Middle Distance and Königstein Fortress on the Right, from the Hillside

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe from the Bastei with Lilienstein in the Distance

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe with the Bastei Viewing Platform on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe to Lilienstein and Königstein Town, from the Hillside

Joseph Mallord William Turner View Southwards to Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein and Königstein with the Bastei Platform among Trees

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe to Lilienstein and Königstein Town and Fortress, from the Hillside; Königstein from the North-West

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe to Lilienstein and Königstein, from the Hillside; Königstein Fortress: North Side

Joseph Mallord William Turner View Southwards to Lilienstein with the Bastei Viewing Platform on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Elbe from the Bastei, with the Bärensteine

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) View up the Elbe to Lilienstein and Königstein Town and Fortress, from the Hillside; (2) (3) Königstein from the North-West

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lilienstein and View up the Elbe from the Landing-Stage at Königstein Town

Joseph Mallord William Turner View to Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein, Königstein and the Bärensteine from above a Cleft in the Hillside West of the Bastei

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe towards Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein and Königstein, from the Bastei, with the Viewing Platform on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner View towards Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein and Königstein, from the Bastei, with the Viewing Platform in the Centre Foreground

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lilienstein and View up the Elbe from upriver from Königstein Town

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Elbe to the Bastei with Lilienstein in the Middle Distance and Königstein Fortress on the Right, from the Hillside

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe from the Bastei with Lilienstein in the Distance

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe with the Bastei Viewing Platform on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe to Lilienstein and Königstein Town, from the Hillside

Joseph Mallord William Turner View Southwards to Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein and Königstein with the Bastei Platform among Trees

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe to Lilienstein and Königstein Town and Fortress, from the Hillside; Königstein from the North-West

Joseph Mallord William Turner View up the Elbe to Lilienstein and Königstein, from the Hillside; Königstein Fortress: North Side

Joseph Mallord William Turner View Southwards to Lilienstein with the Bastei Viewing Platform on the Left

Joseph Mallord William Turner View down the Elbe from the Bastei, with the Bärensteine

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) View up the Elbe to Lilienstein and Königstein Town and Fortress, from the Hillside; (2) (3) Königstein from the North-West

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lilienstein and View up the Elbe from the Landing-Stage at Königstein Town

Joseph Mallord William Turner View to Lilienstein, Pfaffenstein, Königstein and the Bärensteine from above a Cleft in the Hillside West of the Bastei

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