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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Buckfast Abbey from across the River Dart 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buckfast Abbey from across the River Dart’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
Buckfast Abbey from across the River Dart 1814
D09845
Turner Bequest CXXXIV 49
Pencil on white wove paper with gilt edges, 179 x 254 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIV – 49’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Samuel Berry’s castellated Gothic mansion on the site of the original Buckfast Abbey is seen at the centre, with Dartmoor rising to the west above the valley of the Holy Brook. The twentieth-century abbey church was later built to the right of the house as seen here; for more details of the site and Turner’s other drawings of it, see under folio 23 recto (D09855; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 57). For further views in the area, see under folio 22 recto (D09844; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 48).
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Buckfast Abbey from across the River Dart 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-buckfast-abbey-from-across-the-river-dart-r1147385, accessed 25 April 2024.