'Inside the Ruins of Elgin Cathedral Looking East', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Inside the Ruins of Elgin Cathedral Looking East

From Inverness Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXXVII

Date 1831

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 104 x 163 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D27209

Turner Bequest CCLXXVII 135

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 135 Recto:

Inside the Ruins of Elgin Cathedral Looking East 1831

D27209
Turner Bequest CCLXXVII 135

Pencil on off-white wove paper, 104 x 163 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘135’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVII 145’ top right running vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

From the ruins of the north transept, this sketch looks towards the east end of Elgin Cathedral. The presbytery with the remains of the rose window is at the right, and the octagonal chapter house with part of the north wall of the nave in front is at the left. This is one of fourteen sketches of Elgin Cathedral that Turner made in the Inverness sketchbook, see folio 139 (D27215) for references.

Verso:

Blank

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

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