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Joseph Mallord William Turner
English, 1775–1851
The Moselle Bridge at Coblenz
1817
Image Caption
Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Moselle Bridge at Coblenz, 1817, watercolor and gouache, with scraping, on white wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.104
Medium
watercolor and gouache, with scraping, on white wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (20 x 31.4 cm)
Object Number
2007.8.104
Acquisition
Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
Thornbury, Walter. The Life of J. M. T. Turner, R.A. 2nd edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1877. Armstrong, Sir Walter. Turner. 2 volumes. London: T. Agnew; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Finberg, Alex J. Turner's Water-Colours at Farnley Hall. London, Paris, New York: "The Studio". 1912. Thomas Agnew & Sons. Paintings and Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Exhibition catalogue. London: Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1967. Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. Tussey, Mary. Turner in Yorkshire. York, England: York City Art Gallery. 1980. Kokuritsu Seiyo Bijutsukan. J.M.W. Turner. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, August 16-October 5, 1986; Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, October 14-November 16, 1986. Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha. 1986. Art Gallery of Ontario. Turner and the Romantic Landscape. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1995. Wilton, Andrew. William Turner: Licht und Farbe. Köln: DuMont; Essen: Museum Folkwang, 2001. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Provenance
The artist, sold to Fawkes, Nov. 1817; Walter Ramsden Hawksworth Fawkes (in 1817); Rev. Ayscough Fawkes, by descent; sale, Christie’s, London, 27 June 1890, no. 25, sold to Agnew’s; [Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London, in 1890, sold to MacGregor]; Rev. W. MacGregor, sale, Christie’s, 23 Apr. 1937, no. 14, sold to The Fine Art Society, Ltd.; [The Fine Art Society, Ltd., in 1937, sold to Astor]; Lord Astor of Hever; given to Laurence Irving (1962–1984, sold to Agnew’s, as agent for private collection); private collection (1984–1998, sold to Spink-Leger); [Spink-Leger Pictures, no. K3 11266, sold to Manton, June 1999]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1999–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.