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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1904.35
People
Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Title
Ehrenbreitstein
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1817
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299486

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gum varnish with scratching on paper
Dimensions
20 x 32 cm (7 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: J. WHATMAN / 1816
  • inscription: Verso: Ehrenbreitstein / Back view from the Zathal

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes (1769-1825), Farnley Hall, by descent; to Francis Hawkesworth Fawkes (1797-1871), by descent; to Rev. Ayscough Fawkes (1831-1899), sold; [through Christie's, June 27, 1890, no. 22]. [Fine Arts Society, London], sold; to [Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919)], sold; to Edward W. Forbes, summer 1904, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1904

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year
1904
Object Number
1904.35
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Arthur Pope, Catalogue of Ruskin Exhibition in Memory of Charles Eliot Norton, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1909), no. 61
  • James N. Carpenter, Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1974), p. 67, cat. 29, ill.
  • Konrad Oberhuber, European Master Drawings of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, 1979), cat. no. 96, n.p., pl. 96, repr.
  • Andrew Wilton, J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life, Rizzoli (New York, NY, 1979), no. 656

Exhibition History

  • Ruskin Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/01/1909 - 02/28/1910
  • Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1974 - 06/16/1974
  • European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

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