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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Copenhagen from the Sound, with Trekroner (the First in Two Instalments) 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches of Copenhagen from the Sound, with Trekroner (the First in Two Instalments)’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto
Two Sketches of Copenhagen from the Sound, with Trekroner (the First in Two Instalments) 1835
D31122
Turner Bequest CCCVII 52
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermarked with a beehive surrounded by garlands and bees
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘52’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCVII–52’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These are two sketches of Copenhagen, drawn from the Øresund. The first is rendered in two instalments and the second runs parallel to the gutter of the sketchbook. The Tekroner sea fort can be seen in both views.
For other drawings of Copenhagen see Tate D30824–D30829, D30832–D30833, D30859, D30861, D30873, D30881, D30883, D30887, D31120–D31137; Turner Bequest CCCV 2–5, 6a–7, 20, 21, 27, 31, 32, 34, CCCVII 51–59a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Two Sketches of Copenhagen from the Sound, with Trekroner (the First in Two Instalments) 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-two-sketches-of-copenhagen-from-the-sound-with-trekroner-the-r1186997, accessed 19 April 2024.