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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Hausstein; Sarmingstein, Looking Upstream 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Hausstein; Sarmingstein, Looking Upstream’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Recto:
The Hausstein; Sarmingstein, Looking Upstream 1833
D30254
Turner Bequest CCC 63
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 159 x 99 mm
Partial watermark floral motif
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Sher[...]ingsten’
Remains of inscription in red ink by Ruskin ‘63’ bottom right
Inscribed in black ink over Ruskin by CF Bell ‘63’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCC–63’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The upper sketch shows Hausstein Island and watchtower on the Danube (see Tate D30253; Turner Bequest CCC 62a). The two remaining sketches are rendered inversely to the view of Hausstein and show Sarmingstein, inscribed ‘Sher[...]ingsten’. The round tower and St Kilian’s Church can be seen in both views (see also Tate D30255; Turner Bequest 63a).

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘The Hausstein; Sarmingstein, Looking Upstream 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-hausstein-sarmingstein-looking-upstream-r1203387, accessed 05 April 2026.