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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Rocks in the Höllergrund 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rocks in the Höllergrund’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Recto:
Rocks in the Höllergrund 1835
D31002
Turner Bequest CCCVI 60
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 170 x 104 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Heler rund’ top centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This jotting shows a rock formation in Saxon Switzerland called the Höllergrund (inscribed by Turner ‘Heler rund’), which translates ‘Hell’s Bottom’. It is recorded again in similar rough sketches on Tate D31003–D31004; Turner Bequest CCCVI 60a–61.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Rocks in the Höllergrund 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-rocks-in-the-hollergrund-r1186874, accessed 19 September 2024.