Joseph Mallord William Turner

Bolton Abbey from the South

c.1799

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Mercer Art Gallery (Harrogate, UK): Turner - Northern Exposure

Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Watercolours and Drawings Related to the 1797 North of England Tour, and Other Subjects
Medium
Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 235 × 351 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D08264
Turner Bequest CXXI I

Catalogue entry

This study was developed from the slight sketch of Bolton ruins from the south that Turner made in his Tweed and Lakes sketchbook (Tate D01070; Turner Bequest XXXV 68). It is handled in an experimental manner similar to that shown in a study of Kirkstall Abbey (Tate D08263; Turner Bequest CXXI H), and probably dates from the same time, about 1799, though the support is a thicker, coarser paper that he also used on the 1797 tour in the park at Harewood (for which see the separate subsection).
Verso:
Blank; some blue paint splashes; not stamped.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

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