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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dresden: Two Sketches of the Frauenkirche, Bridge, Kreuzkirche, Hofkirche and Schloss from the Northern Shore of the Elbe, with Boats and Figures 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dresden: Two Sketches of the Frauenkirche, Bridge, Kreuzkirche, Hofkirche and Schloss from the Northern Shore of the Elbe, with Boats and Figures’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Dresden: Two Sketches of the Frauenkirche, Bridge, Kreuzkirche, Hofkirche and Schloss from the Northern Shore of the Elbe, with Boats and Figures 1835
D31037
Turner Bequest CCCVII 9 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermarked with a beehive surrounded by garlands and bees
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘10’ centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These views of Dresden were taken from the northern shore of the Elbe and are rendered inversely to one another. Visible in both views is the Frauenkirche, Kreuzkirche, Cathedral and Castle. Boatmen navigate a narrow vessel down the Elbe, away from the Augustus Bridge under which Turner has inscribed ‘10’ to signify the number of its arches.
For more sketches of the city see Tate D30296–D30303, D30896–D30900, D31024–D31042; Turner Bequest CCCI 1–7, CCCVI 6a–9, CCCVII 3–12.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Dresden: Two Sketches of the Frauenkirche, Bridge, Kreuzkirche, Hofkirche and Schloss from the Northern Shore of the Elbe, with Boats and Figures 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-dresden-two-sketches-of-the-frauenkirche-bridge-kreuzkirche-r1186910, accessed 20 April 2024.