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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner River Scenery, Presumably along the Elbe; Dresden: The Neustädter Markt, Looking Southwards to the Hofkirche, Blockhaus and Statue of Augustus the Strong (Continued in the Sky Above) 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River Scenery, Presumably along the Elbe; Dresden: The Neustädter Markt, Looking Southwards to the Hofkirche, Blockhaus and Statue of Augustus the Strong (Continued in the Sky Above)’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto
River Scenery, Presumably along the Elbe; Dresden: The Neustädter Markt, Looking Southwards to the Hofkirche, Blockhaus and Statue of Augustus the Strong (Continued in the Sky Above) 1835
D31040
Turner Bequest CCCVII 11
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermarked with a beehive surrounded by garlands and bees
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Neustadt’ bottom centre
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘11’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCVII–11’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The principal view depicts Dresden’s Neustädter Markt. At right Turner has rendered the equestrian statue of Augustus the Strong (1670–1733), Elector of Saxony. Just beyond the statue is the Blockhaus, an old customs house which vetted goods coming into the city via the Augustus Bridge.
The squared-off sketch of river scenery is presumably the Elbe at Dresden. 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, ‘River Scenery, Presumably along the Elbe; Dresden: The Neustädter Markt, Looking Southwards to the Hofkirche, Blockhaus and Statue of Augustus the Strong (Continued in the Sky Above) 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-river-scenery-presumably-along-the-elbe-dresden-the-r1186913, accessed 25 April 2024.