J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Güls from the Mosel 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Güls from the Mosel’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Recto:
Güls from the Mosel 1839
D28598
Turner Bequest CCXCI 32
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 100 x 156 mm
Watermarked with French imperial eagle
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Kulz’ top right
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘32’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXCI–32’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of Güls is similar to that on the folio opposite Tate D28597; Turner Bequest CCXCI 31a, and shows at centre the prominent twin spires of the Church of St Servatius. Both sketches are connected to a gouache and watercolour drawing: Tate D24634; Turner Bequest CCLIX 69 of 1839.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Güls from the Mosel 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-guls-from-the-mosel-r1150882, accessed 01 April 2026.