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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Lake Thun Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Schaffhausen; Castle and Town 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Schaffhausen; Castle and Town’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Schaffhausen; Castle and Town 1802
D04724
Turner Bequest LXXVI 65
Pencil on white laid paper, 201 x 156 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘65’ and ‘584’ bottom right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXVI 65’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg also noted that this drawing was a continuation of one on the verso of an adjoining leaf, but questioned whether it belonged with its present neighbour, folio 64 verso (D04723). However, it does match up. See catalogue note to D04723 for the subject.

David Blayney Brown
March 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Schaffhausen; Castle and Town 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2004, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-schaffhausen-castle-and-town-r1133200, accessed 23 September 2024.