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 64 Recto:
Ruins of Robertsbridge Abbey circa 1806–10
D05681
Turner Bequest XCI 64
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘64’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 64’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With folios 65 and 66 of the sketchbook (D05682, D05683) this is a view of the ruins of Robertsbridge Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1176. The ruins stand a short distance east of Robertsbridge, near the River Rother.
The leaf is stained, and repaired at the bottom left corner.
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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-r1130992, accessed 26 April 2024.