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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner New Abbey, near Dumfries 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘New Abbey, near Dumfries’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 47 Verso:
New Abbey, near Dumfries 1831
D25854
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 47a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted is a view of New Abbey, Dumfries, from the east. The sketch shows the east window, the tower and the partially ruined north transept. It is almost the reverse of the view on folio 46 (D25851) which formed the basis of an illustration to Scott’s Prose Works (see folio 46 for details and references to other sketches).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘New Abbey, near Dumfries 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-new-abbey-near-dumfries-r1134221, accessed 26 April 2024.