'Part of the Ruins of Tintern Abbey', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Part of the Ruins of Tintern Abbey

From Drawings and Watercolours Connected with the Welsh and Marches Tours

Date 1792

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 269 x 211 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00132

Turner Bequest XII C

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Part of the Ruins of Tintern Abbey 1792

D00132
Turner Bequest XII C

Pencil on white wove paper, 269 x 211 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Part of the East Window Tintern Abby [sic]’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘XII C’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

The subject does not include the large east window of Tintern, and it seems that Turner intended his inscription for another sheet (Tate D00134; Turner Bequest XII E). This drawing appears to show the ruins of the north aisle seen from outside, with the arches of the crossing glimpsed beyond.

Technical notes:

The brown discolouration of the sheet indicates that it has at some point been attached to a wooden backboard; presumably for display in the British Museum loan scheme.

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed in a later hand ‘13’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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