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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner (1) Teplitz: The Schlossberg, with Figures in the Foreground; (2) Standing Figure with a Bundle on its Head 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘(1) Teplitz: The Schlossberg, with Figures in the Foreground; (2) Standing Figure with a Bundle on its Head’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
(1) Teplitz: The Schlossberg, with Figures in the Foreground; (2) Standing Figure with a Bundle on its Head 1835
D30331
Turner Bequest CCCI 18 a
Pencil on cream wove paper, 100 x 159 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[...]’ below figure
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has rendered a view of the Schlossberg, a hill overlooking the town of Teplitz in Bohemia (now Teplice in the Czech Republic). The Schlossberg is crowned by a medieval fortification, once a key enemy stronghold during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). Two figures can be seen walking up the hill towards the castle. See also Tate D30327–D30330; Turner Bequest CCCI 16a–18.
With the sketchbook turned upright, in accordance with the foliation, Turner has also dashed off a sketch of a standing figure carrying a bundle on their head or shoulders. Illegible notes are inscribed below the figure.

Alice Rylance-Watson
September 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘(1) Teplitz: The Schlossberg, with Figures in the Foreground; (2) Standing Figure with a Bundle on its Head 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-1-teplitz-the-schlossberg-with-figures-in-the-foreground-2-r1186715, accessed 20 September 2024.