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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Calder Abbey 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Calder Abbey’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Calder Abbey 1809
D07572
Turner Bequest CX 31
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CX 31’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The ruins of the twelfth-century Cistercian abbey of Calder are reached by a footpath about half a mile from Calder Bridge, which Turner drew on folio 33 of the sketchbook (D07575). Turner passed through Calder Bridge on his way south from Whitehaven and Egremont, as in the itinerary on folio 1 (D07538). This sketch focuses on the remains of the tower; it appears to be looking from the north. Another view of the abbey is folio 32 (D07573).
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David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Calder Abbey 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-calder-abbey-r1135688, accessed 19 April 2024.