J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bath Abbey and Surrounding Buildings 1791

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bath Abbey and Surrounding Buildings’ 1791
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Recto:
Bath Abbey and Surrounding Buildings 1791
D00089
Turner Bequest VI 14
Pencil on white wove paper, 263 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Doric with | Trigleaves and | [...] | 1/2 as Wide; high as | ? | | the | [...] | [?‘lower’ or ‘house’]’ towards top
Stamped in black ‘VI 14’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned vertically, and incorporating details of mouldings, etc., this was used as a basis for the watercolour view, Tate D00113 (Turner Bequest VII F). Further details of the Abbey are studied on folio 13 recto (D00087).
Technical notes:
The missing upper right corner of page has been made up.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Bath Abbey and Surrounding Buildings 1791 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bath-abbey-and-surrounding-buildings-r1140140, accessed 23 April 2024.