In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Thomas Gainsborough 1727–1788
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 186 x 230 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
- Reference
- T08906
Technique and condition
Graphite sketch of Tintern Abbey on a laid paper. The support is very discoloured and stained with a dark brown stain down the right side, but in general the media is in good condition. The sketch has been executed with heavy lines of soft graphite applied with some pressure.
The interior of the ruined Abbey with a figure on the left is described in loose graphite stokes that are characteristic of the artist pencil sketching style.
Katharine Lockett
May 2002
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