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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins of Elgin Cathedral from the South-West 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins of Elgin Cathedral from the South-West’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 139 Verso:
Ruins of Elgin Cathedral from the South-West 1831
D27216
Turner Bequest CCLXXVII 139a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 163 x 104 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn across this page and folio 140 (D27217) is a sketch of the south side of Elgin Cathedral viewed from the south-west corner. This half of the sketch shows the remains of the south transept and the presbytery at the east end.
For references to Turner’s many views of Elgin Cathedral see folio 139 (D27015).

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ruins of Elgin Cathedral from the South-West 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, 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-ruins-of-elgin-cathedral-from-the-south-west-r1135582, accessed 26 April 2024.