Graphite on paper
Cochem to Coblenz - Home Sketchbook
Cochem to Coblenz - Home Sketchbook
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Cochem to Coblenz - Home 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>
Cond and Cochem Looking Upstream
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
artist’s notes
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
Cochem, St Martin’s Church
Cond
countries and continents
Germany
hill
inscriptions
landscape
military
military
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Mosel
ruins
symbols and personifications
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>In 1839 Turner drew more pencil sketches of Cochem than of anywhere else on the Mosel and it inspired no less than seven gouache studies of which six are exhibited here (nos.63-8). The sketch on f.3v shows the view upstream towards the castle on its hill and includes St Martin's church and a former monastery above it on the hillside. That on f.4r shows these two buildings again, but from a corner of the market square, looking towards the baroque town hall. The square is curiously deserted and one can only conclude that Turner sketched it on a solitary walk soon after daybreak.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Cond and Cochem, Looking Upstream
support: 100 × 156 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>In 1839 Turner drew more <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 Cochem than of anywhere else on the Mosel and it inspired no less than seven <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/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</span></a> studies of which six are exhibited here (nos.63-8). The sketch on f.3v shows the view upstream towards the castle on its hill and includes St Martin's church and a former monastery above it on the hillside. That on f.4r shows these two buildings again, but from a corner of the market square, looking towards 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/b/baroque" title="Glossary definition for 'Baroque'"><span>baroque</span></a> town hall. The square is curiously deserted and one can only conclude that Turner sketched it on a solitary walk soon after daybreak.</p>
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