One of Twenty Vignettes - Ode to the Germans: Ehrenbreitstein
About this artwork
The National Galleries of Scotland has the only set of Turner’s literary vignettes that remain together in one collection, his twenty illustrations for The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. These were made to be engraved in Edward Moxon’s edition of Campbell’s poems, published in 1837. The poem that this was intended to illustrate celebrates German national pride and liberty. Turner depicted the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress on the Rhine near Coblenz; a symbol of German nationalism and achievement. Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein from the Mosel is a later drawing of Ehrenbreitstein by Turner from about 1839.
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artist:Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) English
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title:One of Twenty Vignettes - Ode to the Germans: Ehrenbreitstein
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date created:About 1835
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materials:Watercolour over pencil on paper
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measurements:13.50 x 11.50 cm
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credit line:Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Gallery of Scotland, 1988
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accession number:D 5171
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner
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