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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fonthill Abbey: Distant View with the River Nadder 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fonthill Abbey: Distant View with the River Nadder’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
Fonthill Abbey: Distant View with the River Nadder 1799
D01688
Turner Bequest XLII 13
Pencil and black and white chalk on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Fonthill’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘795’ top left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 13’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 6 verso opposite (Tate D01687: Turner Bequest XLII 12), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
John Ruskin’s inscription ‘795’ relates to the extraction of the leaf to display the verso (D01689; Turner Bequest XLII 14).

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Fonthill Abbey: Distant View with the River Nadder 1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-fonthill-abbey-distant-view-with-the-river-nadder-r1173884, accessed 19 April 2024.