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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Church Ruins 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Church Ruins’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Church Ruins 1834
D26221
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 65
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘65’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 65’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of five sketches in this book of an unidentified ruined church or abbey. This sketch shows the church’s porch. For references to further sketches of the same building see folio 64 verso (D26220).
There is a brown stain at the top right of this page that occurs again on folio 66 (D26222) and elsewhere in the book.
Verso:
Blank

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Church Ruins 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 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-church-ruins-r1136149, accessed 23 April 2024.