Watercolour on paper
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Heidelberg Moonlight Sample
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
astronomy
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
Germany
Heidelberg - non-specific
hill
landscape
moon
natural phenomena
people
places
reflection
river
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>Like nos.123-4, this work is a 'sample study', a type of drawing which was an intermediate stage between a sketch drawn from nature and a watercolour painted in the studio. In the 1840s Turner circulated many such studies among a small group of his friends and patrons in the hope of attracting commissions. No.130 is stylistically similar to others in the Bequest but it did not, after all, lead to a watercolour. Although Heidelberg's principal church and its famous castle are immediately recognisable, the relationship between river and town is not satisfactorily resolved. Turner may simply have put the drawing aside rather than circulating it.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
Heidelberg, Moonlight: Sample Study
support: 241 × 300 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>Like nos.123-4, this work is a 'sample study', a type 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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> which was an intermediate stage between a sketch drawn from nature and 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> painted in the studio. In the 1840s Turner circulated many such studies among a small group of his friends and patrons in the hope of attracting commissions. No.130 is stylistically similar to others in the Bequest but it did not, after all, lead to a watercolour. Although Heidelberg's principal church and its famous castle are immediately recognisable, the relationship between river and town is not satisfactorily resolved. Turner may simply have put the drawing aside rather than circulating it.</p>
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adults architecture astronomy bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure Germany Heidelberg - non-specific hill landscape moon natural phenomena people places reflection river townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features water: inland
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