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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Hartenstein Castle 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Hartenstein Castle’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Verso:
Sketches of Hartenstein Castle 1835
D30757
Turner Bequest CCCIV 66 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark ‘[z]onen’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Hartenstein’ | ‘Buchau’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These are sketches of the ruins of Hartenstein Castle, located in the hills near Buchau, Bohemia (now Bochov, Czech Republic). ‘Buchau’ and ‘Hartenstein’ are inscribed at top right. See also Tate D30756, D30758; Turner Bequest CCCIV 66, 67).

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches of Hartenstein Castle 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-sketches-of-hartenstein-castle-r1187132, accessed 02 July 2025.