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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Chapel on an Islet 1791

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Chapel on an Islet’ 1791
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Verso:
A Ruined Chapel on an Islet 1791
D00084
Turner Bequest VI 10a
Pencilon white wove paper, 185 x 263 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Malmesbury Abbey | taken from the Meadows’ towards right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The carefully written copperplate title refers to the drawing on the recto (D00083); the rough sketch of the islet in the Severn Estuary may be compared with the drawings on folios 5 recto and 7 verso (D00076, D00080).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ruined Chapel on an Islet 1791 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-a-ruined-chapel-on-an-islet-r1140134, accessed 24 April 2024.