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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Danube at Regensburg, Looking downstream to the Steinerne Brücke from near to the Schiegenturm 1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The River Danube at Regensburg, Looking downstream to the Steinerne Brücke from near to the Schiegenturm’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
The River Danube at Regensburg, Looking downstream to the Steinerne Brücke from near to the Schiegenturm 1840
D31354
Turner Bequest CCCX 40
Pencil on cream wove paper, 126 x 198 mm
Partial watermark ‘J. Wh’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘40’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCX – 40’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As identified by Cecilia Powell,1 this horizontal view is to the east along Regensburg’s medieval walls overlooking the River Danube, looking downstream to the city centre, where the Steinerne Brücke is seen in the distance. The viewpoint is uncertain, as the chain of towers along this stretch does not survive, and the quays are now tree-lined. There is a view in the opposite direction on folio 39 verso opposite (D31353).
For numerous contemporary views of Regensburg in this sketchbook and elsewhere, see under folio 18 verso (D31311).2

Matthew Imms
September 2018

1
See Powell 1995, p.243.
2
See also ibid., pp.69, 81 note 45.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The River Danube at Regensburg, Looking downstream to the Steinerne Brücke from near to the Schiegenturm 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2018, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-river-danube-at-regensburg-looking-downstream-to-the-r1196142, accessed 26 April 2024.