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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Kirkstall Abbey from the Road 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Kirkstall Abbey from the Road’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
Kirkstall Abbey from the Road 1808
D07268
Turner Bequest CVII 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 109 x 186 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Road’ lower left of centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘11’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CVII’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is a similar view from the road on folio 12 of the sketchbook (D07269).
Verso:
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David Blayney Brown
October 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Kirkstall Abbey from the Road 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-kirkstall-abbey-from-the-road-r1135928, accessed 19 April 2024.