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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trier from Pallien, Looking up the Moselle with the Roman Bridge in the Distance 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trier from Pallien, Looking up the Moselle with the Roman Bridge in the Distance’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Recto:
Trier from Pallien, Looking up the Moselle with the Roman Bridge in the Distance 1824
D20152
Turner Bequest CCXVIII 14
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 220 x 291 mm
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘14’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVIII–14’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Taken from higher in the hills than the previous sketch (Tate D20151; Turner Bequest CCXVIII 13), this view incorporates the narrow winding streets, rooftops and spire of Pallien’s church as well as the distant profile of Trier across the Moselle. Turner has taken care to record the small buildings and cottages which hug the craggy hillside, rendering the rest of the view rather cursorily. This view is similar to one in the Rivers Meuse and Moselle sketchbook (Tate D19730; Turner Bequest CCXVI 91).
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Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Trier from Pallien, Looking up the Moselle with the Roman Bridge in the Distance 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2013, 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-trier-from-pallien-looking-up-the-moselle-with-the-roman-r1174891, accessed 20 April 2024.