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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Architectural Details of Melrose Abbey 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Architectural Details of Melrose Abbey’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Verso:
Architectural Details of Melrose Abbey 1831
D25949
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 12a
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the right are a series of studies of windows and architectural features of Melrose Abbey. At the top is part of the window of the south transept, and at the bottom of the page is part of the east window. Other sketches are of buttresses and niches. There are further studies of this nature on folio 13 verso (D25951; CCLXVII 13a). For more information on Turner’s visit to Melrose see folio 12 (D25948; CCLXVII 12).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Architectural Details of Melrose 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-architectural-details-of-melrose-abbey-r1134319, accessed 19 April 2024.