Joseph Mallord William Turner

St Agatha’s Abbey, Easby, from the West

1816

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Yorkshire 4 Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 125 × 206 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D11475
Turner Bequest CXLVII 22

Catalogue entry

Turner here records the view of St Agatha’s Abbey, Easby, from the west, returning towards Richmond. The subject is continued to the left in a few pencil marks on folio 21 verso opposite (D40841). For the abbey see folio 21 recto (D11474).

Turner sketched similar views in the Yorkshire 2 and Yorkshire 5 sketchbooks (Tate D11225–D11226; Turner Bequest CXLV 112a–113, and Tate D11546; Turner Bequest CXLVIII 14a), which accompanied him on the same tour.

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David Hill
February 2009

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