The Moselle Bridge at Coblenz

1817

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

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

Select Bibliography

Tussey, Mary. Turner in Yorkshire. York, England: York City Art Gallery. 1980. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Thomas Agnew & Sons. Paintings and Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Exhibition catalogue. London: Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1967. 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. Thornbury, Walter. The Life of J. M. T. Turner, R.A. 2nd edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1877. Finberg, Alex J. Turner's Water-Colours at Farnley Hall. London, Paris, New York: "The Studio". 1912. Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. Armstrong, Sir Walter. Turner. 2 volumes. London: T. Agnew; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 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.