Schaffhausen -The Town and Castle

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Schaffhausen -The Town and Castle

Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851)

Date1845

DimensionsH: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); W: 19 in. (48.3 cm)

MediumPen and ink, watercolor and gouache on paper.

ClassificationDrawings

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1954.26

Not on View

Published References

Thornbury, G. W., The Life of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1862, no. 21 (lists of Ruskin's and Munro's collections).

Armstrong, W., Turner, London, 1902, p. 248.

Cook, E. T., and A. Wedderburn, (eds.), The Works of John Ruskin (Library Edition), London, 1903-1909 (in 39 vols.) XIII, p. 476 n., p. 556, p. 605 (p. 476 is The Epilogue; p. 556 is the catalogue of Turner's drawings in Ruskin's collection about 1860, reprinted from Thornbury; p. 605 is "Schaffhausen" listed as belonging to Ralph Brocklebank (Jr.), exhibition references and mention of a print and drawing by Ruskin of the same subject).

Rawlinson, W. G., "Watercolors of J.M.W. Turner," The Studio, London, 1909, repr. in color, pl. XXIX, p. 21.

Wilton, Andrew, J.M.W. Turner: His Art and Life, New York, 1979, no. 1540, repr. p. 485.

Wilton, Andrew, Turner in Switzerland, Dubendorf (Zurich), 1976, p. 139.

Hayman, John, John Ruskin and Switzerland, Waterloo (Canada), 1990, fig. 95, p. 123.

Warrell, Ian, Through Switzerland with Turner, London, 1995, pp. 56, 154, repr. p. 150.

Smiles, Sam, The Turner Book, London, Tate Publishing, 2006, p. 208.

Exhibition History

London, Royal Academy, Old Masters, 1886, no. 186 (wrongly described as "City and Lake of Constance" and dated 1842).

London, Guildhall, J.M.W. Turner, 1899, no. 158 (wrongly described as "City and Lake of Constance" and dated 1842).

Birmingham Art Museum, Works by Turner, 1899 (wrongly described as "City and Lake of Constance" and dated 1842).

Indianapolis, John Herron Art Institute, Turner in America, 1955, no. 50, repr.

Dayton Art Institute, Turner in America, 1956.