Graphite and watercolour on paper
Switzerland
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>
Schaffhausen Looking Down Rhine below Kastell Munot
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
military
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Rhine
Schaffhausen - non-specific
spire
Switzerland
tower
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
waterfront
<p>It may seem surprising that Ruskin chose this sketch, rather than one of the general views of Schaffhausen, which actually relate to the finished watercolour he had commissioned from Turner in 1845. However, this study allowed him to analyse the way Turner built up his composition: 'The square house is put just under the castle, partly to sustain it, partly to set off its pretty outline; but these two masses being nearly equal, and attracting the eye as such, a third, the oblique sail, is added, and puts all right...The carrying down the dark right-hand side of the house into a curve, gathered up to the left by the half of the sail, is especially Turneresque.'</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
Schaffhausen: Looking Down the Rhine, from below Kastell Munot
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>It may seem surprising that Ruskin chose this sketch, rather than one of the general views of Schaffhausen, which actually relate to the finished <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> he had commissioned from Turner in 1845. However, this study allowed him to analyse the way Turner built up 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/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>: 'The square house is put just under the castle, partly to sustain it, partly to set off its pretty outline; but these two masses being nearly equal, and attracting the eye as such, a third, the oblique sail, is added, and puts all right...The carrying down the dark right-hand side of the house into a curve, gathered up to the left by the half of the sail, is especially Turneresque.'</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features military natural features (non-UK) places river River Rhine Schaffhausen - non-specific spire Switzerland tower townscape townscapes / man-made features waterfront water: inland
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