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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ruins of Spielberg on its Island; Hills along the Danube 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ruins of Spielberg on its Island; Hills along the Danube’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
The Ruins of Spielberg on its Island; Hills along the Danube 1833
D30240
Turner Bequest CCC 56
Pencil on off-white lined paper, 99 x 159 mm
Partial watermark ‘J’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Spilberg’ left
Remains of inscription in red ink by Ruskin ‘56’ bottom right
Inscribed in black ink over Ruskin by CF Bell ‘56’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCC–56’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In five sketches Turner depicts Spielberg Castle (inscribed ‘Spilberg’), a ruined fortification on the northern bank of the Danube near Langenstein. Hills along the Danube are recorded at right. See also Tate D30048, D30241; Turner Bequest CCXCIX 24a, CCC 56a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘The Ruins of Spielberg on its Island; Hills along the Danube 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-ruins-of-spielberg-on-its-island-hills-along-the-danube-r1203373, accessed 04 April 2026.