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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Piesport and the Moselle Valley 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Piesport and the Moselle Valley’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Verso:
Piesport and the Moselle Valley 1839
D28424
Turner Bequest CCXC 37 a
Pencil on flecked off-white wove paper, 163 x 100 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Peisport’ left centre towards bottom; ‘[...WUR]’ centre far right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook orientated horizontally, Turner has made a swift and slight sketch of the landscape around Piesport, depicting the steep slopes that lead up to the Eifel mountain range. The remaining jottings are quick, isolated representations of a turret, river landscapes, and a church.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Piesport and the Moselle Valley 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-piesport-and-the-moselle-valley-r1150707, accessed 18 September 2024.