Joseph Mallord William Turner
, English, 1775-1851
Title
Wellmich and Burg Maus on the RhineDate1844
MediumGraphite, watercolour and gouache on paper
Dimensions
18.3 x 24.3 cm
Credit LineBequeathed, Miss Annie Callwell, 1904
Object numberNGI.3776
DescriptionTurner depicts Wellmich from a viewpoint near St Goar. The ruined fourteenth century fortress of Burg Maus stands on the cliff high above the village. On the verso of this sheet is a pencil sketch of the town of Bacharach, situated upstream of Wellmich on the opposite bank of the Rhine. Bacharach was renowned for the picturesque beauty of its medieval half-timbered houses.Exhibition HistoryMaster European Drawings From the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado; Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; The Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minnesota; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1983