'The Ruins of Blantyre Abbey Seen among Trees', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

The Ruins of Blantyre Abbey Seen among Trees

From Scotch Lakes Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LVI

Date 1801

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 182 x 114 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D03237

Turner Bequest LVI 165 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Scotch Lakes Sketchbook

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Subject

nature (37,446)

landscape (24,055)

wooded (8,571)

water: inland (11,432)

river (7,934)

places (23,426)

UK counties (9,309)

Lanarkshire, South (41)

UK countries and regions (10,974)

Scotland (1,869)

UK natural features (3,820)

River Clyde (48)

Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Scotland

Glasgow and Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire, South

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Scotch Lakes Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest