Graphite on paper
Rhine Sketchbook
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Rhine Sketchbook
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>
Burg Katz St Goarhausen and a Glimpse Rhine Gorge and St Goar Forstbachtal
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Germany
hill
landscape
military
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Rhine
rocky
St Goarhausen, Burg Katz
water: inland
<p>The picturesque scenery of the Rhine, with its rugged cliffs and dramatic ruins towering over the winding river, has enchanted artists and tourists of many nationalities from Turner's day to our own. In late August 1817 he used this sketchbook alongside no.6 to record similar subjects in greater detail on its much larger pages. These two sketches show the towns and castles which lie at the heart of every traveller's experiences of the Rhine. From St Goar Turner could look up at Burg Rheinfels and downstream to Burg Maus. For the facing sketch he crossed the river to St Goarshausen and walked up the hill to the side of Burg Katz.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
Burg Katz, St Goarhausen, and a Glimpse of the Rhine Gorge and St Goar, from the Forstbachtal
support: 202 × 265 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>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/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> scenery of the Rhine, with its rugged cliffs and dramatic ruins towering over the winding river, has enchanted artists and tourists of many nationalities from Turner's day to our own. In late August 1817 he used this sketchbook alongside no.6 to record similar subjects in greater detail on its much larger pages. These two sketches show the towns and castles which lie at the heart of every traveller's experiences of the Rhine. From St Goar Turner could look up at Burg Rheinfels and downstream to Burg Maus. For the facing sketch he crossed the river to St Goarshausen and walked up the hill to the side of Burg Katz.</p>
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architecture castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Germany hill landscape military natural features (non-UK) places river River Rhine rocky St Goarhausen, Burg Katz water: inland
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