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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bath Abbey from the North-East 1791

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bath Abbey from the North-East’ 1791
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Bath Abbey from the North-East 1791
D00113
Turner Bequest VII F
Pencil, watercolour and black ink in a ruled ink border, 307 x 252 mm on white wove paper, 363 x 284 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘VII – F’ bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘VII.F’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner had made studies of Bath Abbey and details of its decoration in the Bristol and Malmesbury sketchbook (Tate D00087, D00089; Turner Bequest VI 13, 14). The general view on the latter sheet provided the basis for this composition.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed in a later hand ‘5’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Bath Abbey from the North-East 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-bath-abbey-from-the-north-east-r1140439, accessed 26 April 2024.