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 Ruins of Church 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins of Church’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Recto:
Ruins of Church 1834
D26222
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 66
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘66’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 66’ top right running 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. The rather rapid sketch depicts the interior of an ecclesiastical building, with three storeys and gothic arched windows with trefoil tracery. For references to further sketches of the same building see folio 64 verso (D26220).
There is a brown stain at the bottom right of the page.
Verso:
Blank

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ruins of Church 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-ruins-of-church-r1136150, accessed 27 April 2024.