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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Northern Germany, the Elbe and Prague ... > Dresden and Saxon Switzerland Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Schandau, Seen across the Elbe 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Schandau, Seen across the Elbe’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
Schandau, Seen across the Elbe 1835
D30953
Turner Bequest CCCVI 35 a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 104 x 170 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch depicts Schandau (now Bad Schandau) in Saxony. The Church of St John (Johanniskirche) can be seen at centre (see Tate D30954; Turner Bequest CCCVI 36).
For more sketches of the town see Tate D30948–D30970; Turner Bequest CCCVI 33–44.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Schandau, Seen across the Elbe 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-schandau-seen-across-the-elbe-r1186825, accessed 26 April 2024.