'Architectural Details of Melrose Abbey', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Architectural Details of Melrose Abbey

From Abbotsford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXVII

Date 1831

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 113 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D25951

Turner Bequest CCLXVII 13 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 13 Verso:

Architectural Details of Melrose Abbey 1831

D25951
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 13a

Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Continued from folio 14 (D25952; CCLXVII 14) with the sketchbook inverted is a sketch of the interior of Melrose Abbey, here showing the window at the south transept. With the book turned to the left are a series of studies made in the abbey. In the centre of these studies is a diagram of the fan vaulting above the chancel, with a sketch beneath this of the vaulting in the south transept. Other sketches are of mouldings including two capitals. There are further studies on folio 12 verso (D25949; CCLXVII 12a).

For more information on Turner’s visit to Melrose see folio 12 (D25948; CCLXVII 12).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.