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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner West Malling: The Ruined Tower of the Priory 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘West Malling: The Ruined Tower of the Priory’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Recto:
West Malling: The Ruined Tower of the Priory 1798
D00660
Turner Bequest XXVI 98
Pencil on white wove paper, 203 x 264 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 98’ bottom left, descending vertically
An earlier view of West Malling Priory is Tate D00184 (Turner Bequest XVII I).
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed in pencil in a later hand ‘1’; and by A.M. Hind in pencil ‘West Malling Priory’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘West Malling: The Ruined Tower of the Priory 1798 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-west-malling-the-ruined-tower-of-the-priory-r1140979, accessed 23 April 2024.