Graphite, watercolour and chalk on paper
Trèves and Rhine Sketchbook
Trèves and Rhine Sketchbook
Meuse-Mosel, Luxembourg and Northern France 1824
Meuse-Mosel, Luxembourg and Northern France 1824
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Trèves and Rhine Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Trier Pallien Looking up Moselle with Roman Bridge in Distance and Napoleonsbrücke on Right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Germany
hill
landscape
Pallien, Napoleonsbrücke
places
river
water: inland
<p>Nos.39 and 40 were the first sketchbooks with soft covers that Turner took on a foreign tour, no.39 containing the only coloured drawings of the 1824 tour. That on f.8r shows the view up the Mosel at Trier, with the cathedral on the left and the Roman bridge in the distance, from a viewpoint much favoured in the nineteenth century for the splendid prospect of the city it affords, especially towards evening. The overall mood is one of serenity, as it is also in a similar study of Trier inspired by Turner's visit to the same spot fifteen years later (no.47).</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour chalk
Trier from Pallien, Looking up the Moselle with the Roman Bridge in the Distance and the Napoleonsbrücke on the Right
support: 220 × 291 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>Nos.39 and 40 were the first sketchbooks with soft covers that Turner took on a foreign tour, no.39 containing the only coloured <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 the 1824 tour. That on f.8r shows the view up the Mosel at Trier, with the cathedral on the left and the Roman bridge in the distance, from a viewpoint much favoured in the nineteenth century for the splendid prospect of the city it affords, especially towards evening. The overall mood is one of serenity, as it is also in a similar study of Trier inspired by Turner's visit to the same spot fifteen years later (no.47).</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Germany hill landscape Pallien, Napoleonsbrücke places river water: inland
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