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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Minster Abbey c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Minster Abbey’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 69 Verso:
Minster Abbey circa 1805–9
D06472
Turner Bequest XCIX 65a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. These are the ruins of the priory and church of Minster Abbey on the Isle of Sheppey, where Turner must have come ashore. Founded in 664, partially rebuilt in Norman times and dissolved in 1536, the buildings had fallen into disuse. The church was restored and opened for worship in the later nineteenth century.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Minster Abbey c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-minster-abbey-r1130668, accessed 23 September 2024.