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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Abbotsford 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Abbotsford’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Abbotsford 1831
D25960
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 18
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘18’ top right and ‘271’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of Abbotsford from the south court includes two figures talking next to the gate of the courtyard. Gerald Finley has identified these as Sir Walter Scott (presumably the figure in white)1 and either Robert Cadell or William Laidlaw, Scott’s secretary.2
See folio 16 verso (D25957; CCLXVII 16a) for references to all of Turner’s sketches of Abbotsford.
1
See folio 83; D26078; CCLXVII 85 for other instances where Scott is distinguished by wearing white.
2
Finley 1972, between p.368 note 61; Finley 1980, p.162.
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Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Abbotsford 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-abbotsford-r1134330, accessed 25 April 2024.