Graphite on paper
Trieste, Graz and Danube Sketchbook
Trieste, Graz and Danube Sketchbook
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Austria
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Trieste, Graz and Danube Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<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>
St Stephens Cathedral Vienna Details its Towers
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Austria
cathedral
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Gothic
medieval
periods and styles
places
religious
Vienna, St Stephen’s Cathedral
<p>This is one of three almost identical sketchbooks which Turner bought on his way to Venice in 1840, all composed of Austrian-made paper with a fake Whatman watermark (the others are no.65 and TB CCCXIII). He left Venice on 3 September and used this sketchbook for a week thereafter to record his homeward journey across the gulf of Trieste, through southern Austria to Vienna, and then down the Danube to Germany. He reached Vienna on 7 September. It was probably there that he saw some of the lithographs in Jakob Alt's famous series on the Danube (1819-26) and drew his twelve tiny copies of them which are such a notable feature of this sketchbook.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
St Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna; Details of its Towers
support: 127 × 198 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>This is one of three almost identical sketchbooks which Turner bought on his way to Venice in 1840, all composed of Austrian-made <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> with a fake Whatman <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/watermark" title="Glossary definition for 'Watermark'"><span>watermark</span></a> (the others are no.65 and TB CCCXIII). He left Venice on 3 September and used this sketchbook for a week thereafter to record his homeward journey across the gulf of Trieste, through southern Austria to Vienna, and then down the Danube to Germany. He reached Vienna on 7 September. It was probably there that he saw some of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithographs</span></a> in Jakob Alt's famous series on the Danube (1819-26) and drew his twelve tiny copies of them which are such a notable feature of this sketchbook.</p>
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