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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lindisfarne: The Interior of the Priory Church 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lindisfarne: The Interior of the Priory Church’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
Lindisfarne: The Interior of the Priory Church 1797
D00961
Turner Bequest XXXIV 53
Pencil on white wove paper, 270 x 210 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘53’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 53’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner here studies the crossing of the priory church at Lindisfarne, with its remarkable ‘flying’ arch soffit, ornamented with zigzag mouldings which are indicated with great economy. The nave and distant west end, sketched in outline here, are rendered in more detail on folio 55 recto (D00960; Turner Bequest XXXIV 52).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Lindisfarne: The Interior of the Priory Church 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-lindisfarne-the-interior-of-the-priory-church-r1150117, accessed 16 April 2024.