Joseph Mallord William Turner

St Mary’s Abbey, York; the Interior of the West End of the Nave

1816

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Yorkshire 1 Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 154 × 97 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D10914
Turner Bequest CXLIV 25

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This is the right half of a double-page spread of St Mary’s Abbey, York, continued from folio 24 verso (D10913), opposite. The view is taken from outside the south aisle, looking to the inside of the west end and north wall of the nave. Turner sketched the same aspect of St Mary’s from a slightly more distant viewpoint in a succeeding sketch, folio 28 verso (D10920), and the exterior of the west end in the Yorkshire 3 sketchbook (Tate D11378; Turner Bequest CXLVI 5).

David Hill
January 2009

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