FDA-D.514-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.514-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
St Goar looking towards St Goarhausen, Germany
Burg Katz on the Rhine, Germany [verso]
Whiteley
Burg Katz on the Rhine, Germany [verso]
Whiteley
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
assigned by cataloguer
collection
assigned by cataloguer
collection
Comments
Another watercolour view by Turner is on the verso of this sheet of paper.
Other number
MFW 38
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 177mm
width (actual size): 235mm
width (actual size): 235mm
Inscription
Inscribed on verso: '[illegible]/Katz'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour; on the verso in pencil and watercolour on paper prepared with grey wash
Production
Person
Date
c. 1844
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Leonard M.E. Dent; with Spink; from whom purchased by Martin Whiteley on 15 May 1960; by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 54; ‘Normandie: L’Atelier en plein Air’, Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, 18 March - 25 July 2016; 'Humphrey Ocean: Fresh as Paint', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 9 June to 30 October 2022, catalogue number 31
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 54; ‘Normandie: L’Atelier en plein Air’, Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, 18 March - 25 July 2016; 'Humphrey Ocean: Fresh as Paint', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 9 June to 30 October 2022, catalogue number 31
Previous ownership
References
• Ryan, H., Hidden Treasures, W.S. Fine Art exhibition catalogue, 2010 (p. 44, no. 17)
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 63, no. 54)
• Powell, C., Turner in Germany, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London, 1995 (p. 90, under no. 7 (also p. 96, no. 12))
• Powell, C., Turner's Rivers of Europe: The Rhine, Meuse and Mosel, Tate Gallery, London, 1991 (p. 101, no. 7)
• Wilton, A., The Life and Works of J.M.W. Turner, London and Fribourg, 1979 (illustrated) (pp. 458-461, no. 1342)
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 63, no. 54)
• Powell, C., Turner in Germany, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London, 1995 (p. 90, under no. 7 (also p. 96, no. 12))
• Powell, C., Turner's Rivers of Europe: The Rhine, Meuse and Mosel, Tate Gallery, London, 1991 (p. 101, no. 7)
• Wilton, A., The Life and Works of J.M.W. Turner, London and Fribourg, 1979 (illustrated) (pp. 458-461, no. 1342)
