'Part of the Ruins of Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Part of the Ruins of Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

From Drawings Made on the Midland Tour

Date 1794

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 210 x 275 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00335

Turner Bequest XXI H 2

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Part of the Ruins of Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen 1794

D00335
Turner Bequest XXI H 2

Pencil on white wove paper, 210 x 138 mm; 212 x 276 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXI H2’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

For a finished view of Valle Crucis Tate D00703 (Turner Bequest XXVIII R).

Technical notes:

The sheet is folded, with the present vertical study on one half, and a horizontal view of nearby Eliseg’s Pillar on the other (Tate D00334; Turner Bequest XXI H 1). There is an inscription, which may relate to the Valle Crucis subject, on the verso of the other half (D40040).

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.