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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, the Largest Taken from the Petersberg 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, the Largest Taken from the Petersberg’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Views of Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, the Largest Taken from the Petersberg 1839
D28533
Turner Bequest CCXC 89 a
Pencil on flecked off-white wove paper, 100 x 163 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[?Raft]’ , ‘2’, ‘25’ top left; ‘July’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These three panoramic views of Koblenz incorporate the Ehrenbreitsetin fortress and the towers of the Basilica of St Castor and the Liebfrauenkirche. The largest of these sketches was taken at high viewing point on the Petersberg. There are various inscriptions surrounding the sketches, including the numbers ‘2’ and ‘25’, the month of ‘July’ and what appears to read ‘Raft’.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Views of Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, the Largest Taken from the Petersberg 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-views-of-coblenz-and-ehrenbreitstein-the-largest-taken-from-r1150813, accessed 20 September 2024.