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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruined Tower 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruined Tower’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Verso:
Ruined Tower 1831
D25713
Turner Bequest CCLXV 39a
Pencil on white wove paper, 96 x 59 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook turned to the right is a sketch of a tower in ruins, probably belonging to a church. The tower does not match any of the churches or abbeys drawn elsewhere in this sketchbook and has not been identified.

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ruined Tower 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, 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-ruined-tower-r1134077, accessed 20 April 2024.