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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Rhine View 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rhine View’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Rhine View 1839
D28614
Turner Bequest CCXCI 40
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 100 x 156 mm
Watermarked ‘v d m[eulen]’
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘40’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXCI–40’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Rendered swiftly and fluidly, the undeveloped sketch shows the Rhine valley.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Rhine View 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-rhine-view-r1150898, accessed 24 April 2024.