'New Abbey, near Dumfries', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

New Abbey, near Dumfries

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXVI

Date 1831

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 114 x 187 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D25850

Turner Bequest CCLXVI 45 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 45 Verso:

New Abbey, near Dumfries 1831

D25850
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 45a

Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This faint sketch shows New Abbey and Criffell near Dumfries. However, the abbey and hill are separate sketches as New Abbey (only the tower of which is portrayed) is seen from the north-west (judging by the position of the two gables), so the hill should appear more to the right. A serpentine line below the abbey indicates the river New Abbey Pow. Of all the New Abbey sketches in this book the ones closest to this are on folio 49 (D25857).

See folio 46 (D25851) for other views of New Abbey.

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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1830-35 Annual tourist

Sketchbooks from the 1830s

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Sketchbook

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Gifts and bequests

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