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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Abcoude 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Abcoude’ 1817
Folio 61 Verso:
Views of Abcoude 1817
D13116
Turner Bequest CLXII 63a
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 156 x 93 mm
Partial watermark: ‘Pro Patria’ design
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Abcough’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The four sketches on this page, drawn with the sketchbook inverted relative to its foliation, are identified by Turner as views of Abcoude, also depicted on the recto (D13115); see catalogue entry. The two lower sketches include the town’s ruined medieval castle.

Quirine van der Meer Mohr
December 2013

Revised by David Blayney Brown
September 2025

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘Views of Abcoude 1817’, catalogue entry, December 2013, revised by David Blayney Brown, September 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/views-of-abcoude-r1212487, accessed 31 July 2026.