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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Jervaulx Abbey from Jervaulx Park 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Jervaulx Abbey from Jervaulx Park’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
Jervaulx Abbey from Jervaulx Park 1816
D40836
Pencil on white wove paper, 125 x 200 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or numbered by Finberg, this is the left half of a double-page spread continued to the right on folio 19 recto (D11398) opposite, recording the view north-east over the remains of Jervaulx Abbey towards Upper Wensleydale with East Witton Church on the hillside to the left, and Danby Hall backed by trees on the far side of the valley, to the right of centre.
See D11398 for general notes on Jervaulx Abbey.
The leaf is darkened by over-exposure during exhibition of the recto (D11397).

David Hill
January 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Jervaulx Abbey from Jervaulx Park 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-jervaulx-abbey-from-jervaulx-park-r1143525, accessed 27 April 2024.