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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner River and Fort (Probably Ehrenbreitstein) 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River and Fort (Probably Ehrenbreitstein)’ 1839 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
River and Fort (Probably Ehrenbreitstein) 1839
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Pencil on flecked off-white wove paper, 163 x 100 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[?Sky at L... blue...]’ at top; ‘e’ top centre; ‘[...]’ top right; ‘at [...]’ centre towards right; ‘[...]’ bottom centre; ‘[?ule of Land Raft]’ ‘[?Lix]’. bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This extremely rough and rudimentary sketch probably depicts Koblenz’s Ehrenbreitstein Fortress on the east bank of the Rhine. Indecipherable inscriptions surround the view.

Alice Rylance-Watson
July 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘River and Fort (Probably Ehrenbreitstein) 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-river-and-fort-probably-ehrenbreitstein-r1150818, accessed 20 September 2024.