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 58 Recto:
Lindisfarne: The Interior of the Priory Church 1797
D00963
Turner Bequest XXXIV 55
Pencil on white wove paper, 270 x 210 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 55’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is the last of five studies of the Romanesque architecture of Lindisfarne in this book (see under folio 53 recto; D00958; XXXIV 50), and one of three looking towards the west end; this one shows the columns and arches of the north aisle.
Technical notes:
There are some faint colour smears.
Verso:
Blank; a pencil mark; see the similar mark in the contemporary Tweed and Lakes sketchbook, on the verso of Tate D01053 (Turner Bequest XXXV 51); 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-r1150119, accessed 25 April 2024.