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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Karolinenstrasse, Augsburg, with the Perlachturm and Rathaus 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Karolinenstrasse, Augsburg, with the Perlachturm and Rathaus’ 1833
Folio 66 Recto:
Karolinenstrasse, Augsburg, with the Perlachturm and Rathaus 1833
D31726
Turner Bequest CCCXII 66
Pencil on white laid paper, 109 x 203 mm
Inscribed by C.F. Bell in black ink ‘66’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCXII – 66’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This detailed drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. As identified by Cecilia Powell, the setting is Augsburg,1 looking south along Karolinenstrasse towards the slender Perlachturm and the twin domes of the Rathaus. Most of the picturesquely gabled buildings in the foreground have been replaced by taller, less ornate ones. There is a view in this direction from the far end on folio 30 recto (D31655), under which Augsburg views on adjacent pages and elsewhere are discussed.

Matthew Imms
May 2019

1
See Powell 1995, pp.44, 79 note 85.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Karolinenstrasse, Augsburg, with the Perlachturm and Rathaus 1833’, catalogue entry, May 2019, 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/karolinenstrasse-augsburg-with-the-perlachturm-and-rathaus-r1203921, accessed 08 May 2025.