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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dryburgh Abbey 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dryburgh Abbey’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Verso:
Dryburgh Abbey 1831
D25941
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 8a
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 9 (D25942; CCLXVII 9) with the sketchbook inverted is a view of Dryburgh Abbey from the south, used as the basis of Turner’s watercolour: Dryburgh Abbey circa 1832 (watercolour, Tate N05241).1 The present page shows the twist of the River Tweed to the east of the abbey.
With the sketchbook turned to the left from this picture is another view of the abbey. The subject is identifiable by comparison with folio 9 and it is possible to make out the gabled wall of the south transept.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

1
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.428 no.1078.

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Dryburgh 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-dryburgh-abbey-r1134311, accessed 18 April 2024.