Graphite on paper
Waterloo and Rhine Sketchbook
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Waterloo and 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>
Rhine and Rheingau a Boat on River
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
castle
countries and continents
Germany
landscape
military
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Rhine
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>Turner began using this sketchbook at the start of his 1817 tour and continued using it throughout his travels along the Rhine. He arrived at Cologne on 18 August and spent a week going upstream to Mainz, chiefly on foot along its western bank. He then returned to Cologne, reaching it on 29 August. During these eleven days he sketched incessantly, many of his small pencil drawings later becoming the basis for the watercolours painted immediately after the tour (nos.8-18). The sketches extending across ff.70v-71r were drawn as he travelled by boat from Mainz back to Bingen along a wide peaceful stretch of the Rhine bordered by gentle hills covered with vineyards.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Sketches of the Rhine and the Rheingau from a Boat on the River
support: 150 × 94 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>Turner began using this sketchbook at the start of his 1817 tour and continued using it throughout his travels along the Rhine. He arrived at Cologne on 18 August and spent a week going upstream to Mainz, chiefly on foot along its western bank. He then returned to Cologne, reaching it on 29 August. During these eleven days he sketched incessantly, many of his small <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> <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> later becoming the basis for 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> painted immediately after the tour (nos.8-18). The sketches extending across ff.70v-71r were drawn as he travelled by boat from Mainz back to Bingen along a wide peaceful stretch of the Rhine bordered by gentle hills covered with vineyards.</p>
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architecture castle countries and continents Germany landscape military mountain natural features (non-UK) places river River Rhine townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features water: inland
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