Joseph Mallord William Turner

Kirkstall Abbey: The Ruins Seen from the West

1797

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: North of England Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 210 x 270 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D00919
Turner Bequest XXXIV 13

Catalogue entry

The subject is drawn with the page turned horizontally. For other drawings of Kirkstall, see under folio 11 recto (D00916; Turner Bequest XXXIV 10a).

Verso:

Blank, except for two slight pencil marks, perhaps modern; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

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