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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Outskirts of Abbeville 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Outskirts of Abbeville’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 202 Recto:
Outskirts of Abbeville 1824
D19940
Turner Bequest CCXVI 195
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Corn’ far left centre
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘195’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–195’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With fine and agile handling, here Turner records a prospect of the outskirts of Abbeville in Picardy, northern France. The profiles of Saint-Vulfran Church, the Belfry, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are visible, as well as a small church with a spire at left. See also Tate D19936, D19938, D19939, D20116–D20117; Turner Bequest CCXVI 193, 194, 194a, CCXVII 22–23.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Outskirts of Abbeville 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, 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-outskirts-of-abbeville-r1174736, accessed 20 April 2024.