Gouache, pen and ink, graphite and watercolour on paper
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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>
Coblenz with Bridge Boats over Rhine
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
boat - non-specific
bridge
bridges and viaducts
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
Coblenz - non-specific
countries and continents
figure
Germany
military
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
river
River Rhine
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
water: inland
<p>From 1842 Turner revived his youthful habit of allowing his patrons to select the subjects they wanted him to develop for them from his sketches. These were mostly views of Switzerland, but he also produced drawings of Coblenz for the writer John Ruskin from a study similar to this one.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache pen ink graphite watercolour
Coblenz, with Bridge of Boats over the Rhine
support: 237 × 294 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>From 1842 Turner revived his youthful habit of allowing his patrons to select the subjects they wanted him to develop for them from his sketches. These were mostly views of Switzerland, but he also produced <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>drawings</span></a> of Coblenz for the writer John Ruskin from a study similar to this one.</p>
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adults architecture boat - non-specific bridge bridges and viaducts castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) Coblenz - non-specific countries and continents figure Germany military natural features (non-UK) people places river River Rhine society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water water: inland
CCCLXIV 308