Graphite on paper
Rhine and Rhine Castles Sketchbook
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Rhine and Rhine Castles 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>
Cologne Rhine in Several Instalments
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat - non-specific
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
Cologne - non-specific
countries and continents
features
Germany
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Rhine
society
tower
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
water: inland
<p>This 'roll' sketchbook in grey paper covers is typical of those used towards the end of Turner's life and, thanks to its watermarked pages, it can be firmly linked with his last major tour, which took him to Switzerland in 1844. The book is largely devoted to rapid pencil sketches of castles, but it also contains a handful of watercolour studies which show that Turner was just as much excited by the sublimity and grandeur of the Rhine on his last visit there as he had been on his first, more than a quarter of a century earlier.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Cologne from the Rhine (in Several Instalments)
support: 229 × 327 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 'roll' sketchbook in grey <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> covers is typical of those used towards the end of Turner's life and, thanks to its watermarked pages, it can be firmly linked with his last major tour, which took him to Switzerland in 1844. The book is largely devoted to rapid <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> sketches of castles, but it also contains a handful of <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>watercolour</span></a> studies which show that Turner was just as much excited by the sublimity and grandeur of the Rhine on his last visit there as he had been on his first, more than a quarter of a century earlier.</p>
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architecture boat - non-specific cities, towns, villages (non-UK) Cologne - non-specific countries and continents features Germany natural features (non-UK) places river River Rhine society tower townscape townscapes / man-made features transport: water water: inland
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