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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North of England 1797-1801 > Tweed and Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Furness Abbey: The Ruined Chapter House 1797

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Furness Abbey: The Ruined Chapter House’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 77 Recto:
Furness Abbey: The Ruined Chapter House 1797
D01064
Turner Bequest XXXV 62
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘ditto’ bottom left
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 62’ bottom left, descending vertically
Turner scholar David Hill refers to this subject, drawn with the page turned horizontally, as ‘Gateway and old manor house’ at Furness; but also as ‘the infirmary chapel’; see the preceding leaf, folio 76 recto (D01063; Turner Bequest XXXV 61). Another study at Furness Abbey is on folio 75 recto (D01062; Turner Bequest XXXV 60).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil 141.62’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Furness Abbey: The Ruined Chapter House 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, 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-furness-abbey-the-ruined-chapter-house-r1150241, accessed 23 September 2024.