Graphite and watercolour on paper
Heidelberg Sketchbook
Heidelberg Sketchbook
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Heidelberg Hirschgasse
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
fishing
Germany
Heidelberg - non-specific
hill
landscape
leisure and pastimes
military
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
river
River Neckar
sport
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
waterfront
<p>In 1844 Turner's journey to Switzerland was dissrupted by a spell of bad weather. As a result, he decided to explore what he called 'the small valleys of the Rhine', which he found more interesting than he had expected. One of his diversions took him along the River Neckar, where he sketched a number of the riverside towns and castles. But his principal attention fell on the picturesque city of Heidelberg, even though it was not his first visit there. Ruskin initially intended to include the view which appears here as no.11A. However, it was dropped from the full catalogue of one hundred works, most probably because he considered that it was 'not in effect much beyond what other people might have done'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 1995</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
Heidelberg from the Hirschgasse
support: 228 × 330 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>In 1844 Turner's journey to Switzerland was dissrupted by a spell of bad weather. As a result, he decided to explore what he called 'the small valleys of the Rhine', which he found more interesting than he had expected. One of his diversions took him along the River Neckar, where he sketched a number of the riverside towns and castles. But his principal attention fell on the picturesque city of Heidelberg, even though it was not his first visit there. Ruskin initially intended to include the view which appears here as no.11A. However, it was dropped from the full catalogue of one hundred works, most probably because he considered that it was 'not in effect much beyond what other people might have done'.</p>
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adults architecture bridge bridges and viaducts castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure fishing Germany Heidelberg - non-specific hill landscape leisure and pastimes military natural features (non-UK) people places river River Neckar sport townscape townscapes / man-made features waterfront water: inland
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