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First Mossel and Oxford Sketchbook
First Mossel and Oxford Sketchbook
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
First Mossel and Oxford Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Fortress and Town Ehrenbreitstein Coblenz Beilstein and Burg Metternich Looking Upstream Fankel and slightly further Downstream
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Beilstein
Burg Metternich
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
Coblenz, Ehrenbreitstein
countries and continents
fortification
Germany
hill
landscape
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
military
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Mosel
River Rhine
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
waterfront
<p>'First Mossel and Oxford' was Turner's own name for this sketchbook which he had already half-used before taking it to Germany in 1839. His portrait of Ehrenbreitstein is the largest and most complex sketch of all those drawn on this tour. It provides the greatest possible contrast to the remainder of the German ones in this sketchbook, mostly similar to the very quick records seen at the edge of f.6v which Turner made from a boat on the Mosel which was carrying him downstream from Beilstein.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
10 September 2014 – 20 September 2015
2015-09-20
10 September 2014 – 25 January 2015
2015-01-25
2014-09-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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2014-09-10
Late Turner: Painting Set Free
Exhibition
The Fortress and Town of Ehrenbreitstein from Coblenz; Beilstein and Burg Metternich, Looking Upstream: from Fankel and from slightly further Downstream
support: 140 × 235 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>'First Mossel and Oxford' was Turner's own name for this sketchbook which he had already half-used before taking it to Germany in 1839. His <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/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of Ehrenbreitstein is the largest and most complex sketch of all those drawn on this tour. It provides the greatest possible contrast to the remainder of the German ones in this sketchbook, mostly similar to the very quick records seen at the edge of f.6v which Turner made from a boat on the Mosel which was carrying him downstream from Beilstein.</p>
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architecture Beilstein Burg Metternich castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) Coblenz, Ehrenbreitstein countries and continents fortification Germany hill landscape man-made landmarks (non-UK) military natural features (non-UK) places river River Mosel River Rhine townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features waterfront water: inland
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