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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cologne: The Bridge of Boats and Deutz 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cologne: The Bridge of Boats and Deutz’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Verso:
Cologne: The Bridge of Boats and Deutz 1835
D30774
Turner Bequest CCCIV 75 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark ‘zo’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This swiftly rendered sketch shows the district of Deutz in Cologne. Deutz is located on the opposite side of the Rhine to the Old Town, and features an ancient Benedictine monastery which is pictured at centre. A bridge of boats can also be seen in the foreground. For more sketches of the city see Tate D30762–D30763, D30766, D30770, D30772, D30774, D30778; Turner Bequest CCCIV 70–70a, 71a, 73a, 74a, 75a, 77a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Cologne: The Bridge of Boats and Deutz 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-cologne-the-bridge-of-boats-and-deutz-r1187149, accessed 24 April 2024.