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>
Heidelberg Large Colour
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
Germany
Heidelberg - non-specific
hill
landscape
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
river
River Neckar
road
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>This working study of the German town of Heidelberg seems to have been made in connection with two large finished watercolours. All three designs share roughly the same viewpoint. Heidelberg’s eighteenth-century bridge and extensive ruined castle were popular tourist sights, and this view of the city was the one conventionally adopted by painters.</p><p>One of the finished watercolours was engraved by Thomas Abel Prior, who said that Turner was working from one of his own sketches. The relatively conventional composition and rather cautious technique would suggest this could be true.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
2003-05-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-26
British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
Collection based display
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-08
Master and Magician; Late Work
Collection based display
Heidelberg: Large Colour Study
support: 486 × 693 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
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<span class="text0">This working study of the German town  of Heidelberg      seems to have been made  </span><span class="text13">in connection with two      large 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>watercolours</span></a>. All three designs share </span><span class="text0">roughly the same viewpoint. Heidelberg’s eighteenth-century      bridge and extensive ruined castle were popular tourist sights, </span><span class="text13">and this view of the city was the one </span><span class="text0">conventionally adopted by painters.  </span>
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<span class="text15">One of the finished watercolours was </span><span class="text0"><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraved</span></a> by Thomas Abel Prior, who said that Turner was      working from one of his own sketches. The relatively conventional </span><span class="text14"><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> and rather cautious technique</span><span class="text0"> would suggest this could be true. </span>
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adults architecture bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure Germany Heidelberg - non-specific hill landscape natural features (non-UK) people places river River Neckar road townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features water: inland
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