'Distant View of Whitby from the Moors: A Windmill against a Sunset Sky; the Abbey Beyond', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Distant View of Whitby from the Moors: A Windmill against a Sunset Sky; the Abbey Beyond

From Helmsley Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LIII

Date 1801

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 117 x 164 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D02474

Turner Bequest LIII 9 a

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Northern England

Yorkshire

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Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Helmsley Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest