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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of the Buildings of Trier, as Seen from the Napoleonsbrücke 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of the Buildings of Trier, as Seen from the Napoleonsbrücke’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 94 Recto:
Sketches of the Buildings of Trier, as Seen from the Napoleonsbrücke 1824
D19734
Turner Bequest CCXVI 93
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 78 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘93’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–93’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These finely rendered drawings depict various buildings at Trier, recorded by Turner from a vantage point on the hillsides of Pallien. The uppermost sketch includes the cathedral and Church of Our Lady, while the sketch below shows the city’s two tread-wheel cranes: the Altekrahnen and the Trierer Moselkrahn. The drawing at rear depicts the Napoleonsbrücke of Pallien, a sandstone bridge constructed in 1804 to connect Trier to Aachen (see also Tate D19727, D19735, D20146; Turner Bequest CCXVI 89a, 93a, CCXVIII 8). In the distance, beyond Pallien, the arched Roman bridge can be seen traversing the Moselle. Similar sketches are found on the folio opposite Tate D19733; Turner Bequest CCXVI 92a. See also Tate D19725–D19732, D19736–D19743; Turner Bequest CCXVI 88a–92, 94–97a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches of the Buildings of Trier, as Seen from the Napoleonsbrücke 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sketches-of-the-buildings-of-trier-as-seen-from-the-r1174525, accessed 25 April 2024.