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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Northern Germany, the Elbe and Prague ... > Prague, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Rhine ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Prague; Hradcany from across the Vltava (Continued in the Sky) 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Prague; Hradcany from across the Vltava (Continued in the Sky)’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 95 Recto:
Prague; Hradcany from across the Vltava (Continued in the Sky) 1835
D30809
Turner Bequest CCCIV 95
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark ‘zo’
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘95’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCIV–95’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a view of Prague’s Hradcany district. Pictured at centre is Prague Castle, the former residence of the kings of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperors, and St Vitus Cathedral, the imperial place of worship, surrounded by extensive fortifications. The view is continued in the sky above.
Turner produced several views of Prague on the 1835 tour. For other drawings in this sketchbook Tate D30759–30761, D30764–D30765, D30767, D30771–D30773, D30775–D30777, D30779–D30783, D30788–D30790, D30792–D30803, D30805, D30807–D30811, D30813–D30820; Turner Bequest CCCIV 68–69, 70a–71, 72, 74–75, 76–77, 78–80, 82a–84, 85–91, 92, 93–96, 97–102. See also the Dresden, Tepliz and Prague sketchbook (Tate D30344–D30361, D30364–D30366; Turner Bequest CCCI 25–33a, 36–37).

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Prague; Hradcany from across the Vltava (Continued in the Sky) 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-prague-hradcany-from-across-the-vltava-continued-in-the-sky-r1187184, accessed 05 April 2026.