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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches, Probably of Heidelberg 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches, Probably of Heidelberg’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
Sketches, Probably of Heidelberg 1833
D29814
Turner Bequest CCXCVIII 1
Pencil on cream wove paper, 110 x 165 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[...] [...] H[...]’ top centre to right
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘1’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXCVIII 1’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view rendered in faint pencil probably depicts Heidelberg. Figures can be seen in the foreground. ‘[...] [...] H[...]’ is inscribed above the view.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches, Probably of Heidelberg 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sketches-probably-of-heidelberg-r1203074, accessed 20 May 2024.