J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins of Robertsbridge Abbey c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins of Robertsbridge Abbey’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Recto:
Ruins of Robertsbridge Abbey circa 1806–10
D05683
Turner Bequest XCI 66
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘66’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 66’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Robertsbridge Abbey in this sketchbook see note to folio 64 (D05681).
The leaf is stained.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Ruins of Robertsbridge Abbey c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ruins-of-robertsbridge-abbey-r1130994, accessed 18 May 2025.