Graphite on paper
Hamburg and Copenhagen Sketchbook
Hamburg and Copenhagen Sketchbook
Northern Germany, the Elbe and Prague 1835
Northern Germany, the Elbe and Prague 1835
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Hamburg and Copenhagen Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Hamburg across Binnenalster with Gertrudkirche and Jacobikirche
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
Germany
Hamburg, Binnenalster
lake
places
religious
spire
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>The sketches of Hamburg, Kiel and Copenhagen in this book confirm that the Turner mentioned in a Hamburg newspaper of 3 September 1835 and the Turner listed in a Copenhagen newspaper as arriving by sea from Kiel on 6 September were both, indeed, J.M.W. Turner. His Copenhagen sketches are often squeezed into the spaces left by the Hamburg ones and several pages are stained by water. One of the finest sights in Hamburg is that of its many church spires across Binnenalster lake. Turner could only record this here by drawing it in numbered instalments, with separate details, a method he often used when short of time and paper.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Hamburg: View across the Binnenalster with the Gertrudkirche and Jacobikirche
support: 92 × 155 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>The sketches of Hamburg, Kiel and Copenhagen in this book confirm that the Turner mentioned in a Hamburg newspaper of 3 September 1835 and the Turner listed in a Copenhagen newspaper as arriving by sea from Kiel on 6 September were both, indeed, J.M.W. Turner. His Copenhagen sketches are often squeezed into the spaces left by the Hamburg ones and several pages are stained by water. One of the finest sights in Hamburg is that of its many church spires across Binnenalster lake. Turner could only record this here by <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> it in numbered instalments, with separate details, a method he often used when short of time and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a>.</p>
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Catalogue entry
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architecture church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features Germany Hamburg, Binnenalster lake places religious spire townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features water: inland
CCCV 17 a