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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Malmesbury: General View of the Town from the West 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Malmesbury: General View of the Town from the West’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
Malmesbury: General View of the Town from the West 1798
D01259
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘W’ several times within the drawing
Bind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 10’ bottom left, descending vertically
The Abbey ruins are in the distance on the left. Made with the page turned horizontally, this is the last of a sequence of twelve drawings of Malmesbury in the present book; see under folio 2 recto (D01252; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 3).
Technical notes:
There are blue paint smears towards the bottom centre and at the bottom right.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Malmesbury: General View of the Town from the West 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-malmesbury-general-view-of-the-town-from-the-west-r1173151, accessed 26 April 2024.