Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
A View of Boppart, with Figures on the River Bank
Date:
1817
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, black chalk and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (20 x 31.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower left: "30 Boppart."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.490
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | marine art | genre subject | genre subject | fishermen | cityscape | wagon | ships | spires | harbor | fortifications, coastal | cathedral | cathedral
Associated Places:
Germany | Boppard | Rheinland-Pfalz | Koblenz | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)
Publications:
Susan Grace Galassi, Turner's Modern and Ancient Ports : Passages Through Time, New York : The Frick Collection , New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017, p. 94, no. 86, NJ18 T85 +A12 2017

Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 39, no. 157, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)

Ian Warrell, Turner, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2025, pp. 61, 70-71, pl. 35, NJ18 .T85 W37 2025 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2131