Joseph Mallord William Turner

Rievaulx Abbey: The Ruins from the South-West

1801

Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported)

License this image

In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Room

View by appointment
Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Dunbar Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 115 x 164 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D02788
Turner Bequest LIV 104 a

Catalogue entry

The drawing is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. Rievaulx was to form the subject of several of Turner’s later works; for his studies in this sketchbook, see under folios 1 recto and 102 verso (D02614, D02784).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

Read full Catalogue entry

Explore

You might like

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rievaulx Abbey: Part of the Ruins, with Houses and Trees, from the South-East’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rievaulx Abbey: Part of the Ruins, with Houses and Trees, from the South-East

1801
View by appointment D02786
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rievaulx Abbey: Part of the Ruins from the West’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rievaulx Abbey: Part of the Ruins from the West

1801
View by appointment D02784
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rievaulx Abbey: The Ruins from the South’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rievaulx Abbey: The Ruins from the South

1801
View by appointment D02790
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Whalley Abbey: The Ruined Cloisters’ 1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner Whalley Abbey: The Ruined Cloisters

1799
View by appointment D01984
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ruins of Whalley Abbey’ 1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ruins of Whalley Abbey

1799
View by appointment D01989
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘St Agatha’s Abbey, Easby, Seen from the River Swale’ 1797

Joseph Mallord William Turner St Agatha’s Abbey, Easby, Seen from the River Swale

1797
View by appointment D00931
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘York: The Ruined West Front of St Mary’s Abbey Church’ 1797

Joseph Mallord William Turner York: The Ruined West Front of St Mary’s Abbey Church

1797
View by appointment D01073
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rievaulx Abbey: General View of the Valley from the West, with the Terrace Beyond’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rievaulx Abbey: General View of the Valley from the West, with the Terrace Beyond

1801
View by appointment D02792
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Abbey’ c.1796

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Abbey

c.1796
TW0054
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rivaux Abbey’ c.1806–7

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rivaux Abbey

c.1806–7
View by appointment D08154
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tintern: The Ruined Gatehouse of the Abbey, from the Wye’ 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner Tintern: The Ruined Gatehouse of the Abbey, from the Wye

1798
View by appointment D01333
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘St Agatha’s Abbey, Easby’ 1816

Joseph Mallord William Turner St Agatha’s Abbey, Easby

1816
View by appointment D11224
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Views of Bolton Abbey from the North’ 1816

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Views of Bolton Abbey from the North

1816
View by appointment D09851
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Furness Abbey: The Ruined Chapter House’ 1797

Joseph Mallord William Turner Furness Abbey: The Ruined Chapter House

1797
View by appointment D01064
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bolton Abbey and the River Wharfe, from the East’ 1816

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bolton Abbey and the River Wharfe, from the East

1816
View by appointment D09793