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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lincluden Collegiate Church 1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lincluden Collegiate Church’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Verso:
Lincluden Collegiate Church 1831
D25924
Turner Bequest CCLXVI 90a
Pencil and grey watercolour wash on paper with scratching out, 114 x 187 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of four sketches of Lincluden Collegiate Church made on grey-washed paper at the back of the sketchbook (see folio 89 verso; D25922). The sketch, made with the book inverted, shows the view across the Cluden Water. Turner has scratched away the wash revealing the white paper beneath to highlight one side of the tower and part of the river bank. He also scratched away to create the effect of ripples and splashes in the water, and rubbed away at the sky to give the effect of light wisps of cirrus clouds.
There are similar views to this on folio 91 verso and 92 verso (D25926, D25928), but this is the most detailed of the three.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Lincluden Collegiate Church 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-lincluden-collegiate-church-r1134291, accessed 23 September 2024.