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The Drachenfels
Maker
(artist)
1775-1851
1775-1851
Title
The Drachenfels
Date of Production
1817
Medium
watercolour and bodycolour with some scraping on blue-flecked laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue [described in file and literature as over traces of graphite/pencil, but none visible under both microscope and VSC]
Dimensions
Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 29 cm
Width: 29 cm
Accession Number
D.1967.WS.94
Mode of Acquisition
William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This expressive work belongs to a group of fifty watercolours deriving from Turner’s 1817 Rhine journey that he sold to Walter Fawkes for £500 on his return. As with many of these works, almost all based on pencil sketches, Turner has viewed the legendary Drachenfels (Dragon’s Rock) in the middle distance from a low vantage point on the opposite bank, allowing the overhanging cliffs to dominate. Constantly experimenting with techniques, he has here used comb-like accents on the rocks with a dry brush and added finger marks to the cliff side to create the effects of stone.
Provenance
commissioned by friend and patron of the artist, Walter Fawkes, Farnley Hall (1769-1825); by descent to Reverend Ayscough Fawkes, Farnley Hall (ca. 1806-1871); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 27 June 1890, lot 32; purchased there by Fine Art Society (London); Lindsey Fleming, Aldwick Grange, Sussex (b. 1887); William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005 ...More
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' -
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
English Travellers in Romantic Germany, Goethe Institute, London, 08/10/1994-05/11/1994
J.M.W. Turner. Koln und der Rhein. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Skizzenbucher, Stiche, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 11/10/1980-30/11/1980
Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968
Exhibition of works by old masters and by deceased masters of the British school; including a special selection from the works of Frank Holl: and a collection of water-colour drawings by Joseph M. W. Turner. Winter exhibition, twentieth year., Royal Academy, London, 1889 ...Less
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005 ...More
British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' -
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
English Travellers in Romantic Germany, Goethe Institute, London, 08/10/1994-05/11/1994
J.M.W. Turner. Koln und der Rhein. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Skizzenbucher, Stiche, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 11/10/1980-30/11/1980
Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968
Exhibition of works by old masters and by deceased masters of the British school; including a special selection from the works of Frank Holl: and a collection of water-colour drawings by Joseph M. W. Turner. Winter exhibition, twentieth year., Royal Academy, London, 1889 ...Less
Literature
Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld Gallery, Wordsworth Trust; Courtauld Gallery, 2008-2009
no. 14
ill. on p. 87
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 54
ill. on p. 181
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998 ...More
J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 18
ill. on p. 109
Turner Watercolours from Manchester, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Josleyn Art Museum, Omaha; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1997-1998 Washington, D.C., The Trust for Museum Exhibitions, 1997
p. 94
William Turner in Deutschland / Turner in Germany, Tate Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Mannheim; Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1995-1996 Munich 1995
no. 9
ill. on p. 93 (English version only)
Morrell, Mary Tussey, J.M.W. Turner's working methods in his 1817 series of 51 Rhenish drawings, Stanford University, Ph.D. Thesis, August 1993
p. 209 (?)
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 125, p. 103
ill. on p. 118
Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 8 (Turner)
J.M.W Turner. Koln und der Rhein. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Skizzenbucher, Stiche, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 1980
no. 7
ill.
Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 667
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 30
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 41
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 60
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 73
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 56
Armstrong, Sir Walter, Turner, London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1902
p. 250
the entry is transcribed in an e-mail from Ian Warrell, July 2004, in the file ...Less
no. 14
ill. on p. 87
The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 54
ill. on p. 181
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998 ...More
J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 18
ill. on p. 109
Turner Watercolours from Manchester, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Josleyn Art Museum, Omaha; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1997-1998 Washington, D.C., The Trust for Museum Exhibitions, 1997
p. 94
William Turner in Deutschland / Turner in Germany, Tate Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Mannheim; Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1995-1996 Munich 1995
no. 9
ill. on p. 93 (English version only)
Morrell, Mary Tussey, J.M.W. Turner's working methods in his 1817 series of 51 Rhenish drawings, Stanford University, Ph.D. Thesis, August 1993
p. 209 (?)
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 125, p. 103
ill. on p. 118
Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 8 (Turner)
J.M.W Turner. Koln und der Rhein. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Skizzenbucher, Stiche, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 1980
no. 7
ill.
Wilton, Andrew, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, London, 1979
no. 667
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 30
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 41
English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 60
Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 73
The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 56
Armstrong, Sir Walter, Turner, London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1902
p. 250
the entry is transcribed in an e-mail from Ian Warrell, July 2004, in the file ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: J.M.W. Turner / .1050 //
Inscription: DRACHENFELS from the left / bank 1819 8 1/4 x 11 1/8. / F.H. FAWKS ESQ. - FARNLEY HALL / Exhibited at the RA 1889 / FROM the collection of Lindsay Fleming Esq / see Sir W. ARMSTRONG'S book JMW Turner - page 250. //
Inscription: DRACHENFELS from the left / bank 1819 8 1/4 x 11 1/8. / F.H. FAWKS ESQ. - FARNLEY HALL / Exhibited at the RA 1889 / FROM the collection of Lindsay Fleming Esq / see Sir W. ARMSTRONG'S book JMW Turner - page 250. //
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