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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Finstermünz or Altfinstermünz Fortress and the Bridge in the Gorge of the River Inn 1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Finstermünz or Altfinstermünz Fortress and the Bridge in the Gorge of the River Inn’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
The Finstermünz or Altfinstermünz Fortress and the Bridge in the Gorge of the River Inn 1840
D32307
Turner Bequest CCCXX 24
Pencil on white wove paper, 89 x 149 mm
Partial watermark ‘J H’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘P’ towards top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘24’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCXX – 24’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. Looking upriver to the south, it shows the Finstermünz or Altfinstermünz fortress on the River Inn near Nauders, where the bridge tower marks the border between Austria on the left and Switzerland on the right. There is a view in this direction on folio 23 verso opposite (D32306), under which the site’s significance on Turner’s route is discussed.

Matthew Imms
September 2018

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Finstermünz or Altfinstermünz Fortress and the Bridge in the Gorge of the River Inn 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-finstermunz-or-altfinstermunz-fortress-and-the-bridge-in-r1196541, accessed 26 April 2024.