'Kirkstall Abbey: Part of the Ruins, and Trees', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Kirkstall Abbey: Part of the Ruins, and Trees

From Kirkstall Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CVII

Date 1808

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 109 x 186 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07265

Turner Bequest CVII 8

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 8 Recto:

Kirkstall Abbey: Part of the Ruins, and Trees 1808

D07265
Turner Bequest CVII 8

Pencil on white wove paper, 109 x 186 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CVII 8’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

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David Blayney Brown
July 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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Northern England

Yorkshire

Leeds

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Kirkstall Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest

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Joseph Mallord William TurnerKirkstall Abbey: Part of the Ruins, and Trees 1808

Artwork details

Turner's sketchbooks