ID 793292
Lot 97 | JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
The fortress of Ehrenbreitstein from across the Rhine (recto); and A Sketch of a mill at Winnigen on the Mosel (verso)
Indistinctly inscribed ‘Wing[en]’ (verso)
pencil and watercolour (recto); pencil (verso) on wove paper
5 7⁄8 x 8 7⁄8 in. (15 x 22.5 cm.)
Provenance
Probably John Ruskin.
Possibly Hilda Finberg.
The Fine Art Society, London, 1942.
C.E. Hughes and by descent to
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 July 2009, lot 154 (as ‘The Fortress of Ehrenbreitstein from across the Rhine’), where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
A. Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, 1979, p. 461, no. 1340, as ‘A fort on the Moselle or Rhine (?), ?1844’.
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| Artist: | Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Artist: | Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
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