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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Jedburgh Abbey 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Jedburgh Abbey’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Verso:
?Jedburgh Abbey 1831
D25731
Turner Bequest CCLXV 48a
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Despite appearing in the sketchbook between depictions of Fast Castle (see folio 49 recto; D25732), this sketch of a towered building in a landscape does not match the ruined castle, and would appear to be another location. One possibility is Jedburgh Abbey, which has a square tower like this. Turner made several rough studies of parts of the abbey in this sketchbook (see inside front cover; D41232), and several more careful drawings of the abbey and town in the Abbotsford book (see Tate D26039; Turner Bequest CCLXVII 65a).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?Jedburgh Abbey 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 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-jedburgh-abbey-r1134095, accessed 16 April 2024.