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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Northern Germany, the Elbe and Prague ... > Prague, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Rhine ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Prague 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Prague’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 88 Recto:
Prague 1835
D30798
Turner Bequest CCCIV 88
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark ‘[jan honig] & | zonen’
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘88’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCIV–88’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner depicts the Bohemia capital of Prague, possibly looking towards the Little Quarter. This area of the city is dominated by two hills: Petrín and the Hradcany, where the imperial castle and cathedral stand.
Turner produced several views of Prague on the 1835 tour. For other drawings in this sketchbook Tate D30759–30761, D30764–D30765, D30767, D30771–D30773, D30775–D30777, D30779–D30783, D30788–D30790, D30792–D30803, D30805, D30807–D30811, D30813–D30820; Turner Bequest CCCIV 68–69, 70a–71, 72, 74–75, 76–77, 78–80, 82a–84, 85–91, 92, 93–96, 97–102. See also the Dresden, Tepliz and Prague sketchbook (Tate D30344–D30361, D30364–D30366; Turner Bequest CCCI 25–33a, 36–37).

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Prague 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-prague-r1187173, accessed 10 May 2024.