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

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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Malmesbury: The Abbey from the North-East’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Malmesbury: The Abbey from the North-East 1798
D01254
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 5
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 5’ bottom left, descending vertically
The bridge in the foreground crosses a small tributary of the Avon, which sweeps in an arc round the town to its east and north. Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this is one of a sequence of twelve drawings of Malmesbury in this book; see under folio 2 recto (D01252; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 3).
Verso:
Blank, except for a slight continuation of the top of the market cross from the drawing on folio 9 recto opposite (D01255; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 6) ; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Malmesbury: The Abbey from the North-East 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-east-r1173146, accessed 19 April 2024.