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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Kirkstall Abbey from the River Aire 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Kirkstall Abbey from the River Aire’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Verso:
Kirkstall Abbey from the River Aire 1808
D07259
Pencil on white wove paper, 109 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or numbered by Finberg, this is a slight continuation of the subject on folio 3 (D07260). The view on this double-page spread is the same as on the recto (D07258) but from slightly closer.

David Blayney Brown
October 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Kirkstall Abbey from the River Aire 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-kirkstall-abbey-from-the-river-aire-r1135919, accessed 23 April 2024.