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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Malmesbury: The Abbey from the North 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Malmesbury: The Abbey from the North’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
Malmesbury: The Abbey from the North 1798
D01340
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 86
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘X’ top right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘86’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 86’ bottom left, descending vertically
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this view of the Abbey is similar to that on folio 4 recto (D01250: Turner Bequest XXXVIII 1) but from a spot considerably closer. The building to the left is Abbey House, built in the first half of the sixteenth century by William Stumpe.
This is one of a sequence of twelve drawings of Malmesbury in this book; see under folio 2 recto (D01252; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 3).
Technical notes:
The paper is discoloured from exposure while on display, except where the edges and a broad strip on the right were protected by a mount.
Verso:
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram above ‘XXXVIII – 86’. For the Colt Hoare commission for drawings of Malmesbury, see the note to folio 3 recto (D01253; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 4).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Malmesbury: The Abbey from the North 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-malmesbury-the-abbey-from-the-north-r1173145, accessed 25 April 2024.