Joseph Mallord William Turner

Tintern Abbey: The Crossing and Chancel, Looking towards the East Window

1794

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Watercolours and Studies Relating to the Welsh and Marches Tours
Medium
Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 359 × 250 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D00374
Turner Bequest XXIII A

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In the 1790s Turner made a series of tours throughout Britain. He was looking for Picturesque and historical subjects for watercolours that he intended to sell or show in exhibitions.

Turner had sketched Tintern Abbey, in South Wales, on a tour in 1792. The area was one of the most visited tourist spots in Britain. William Wordsworth also visited the area in these years. His poem, Tintern Abbey (1798) revealed the complex historical, political and emotional associations the ruin had for people at the time.  

Gallery label, August 2004

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