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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Netley Abbey, Hampshire ?1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Netley Abbey, Hampshire’ ?1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Verso:
Netley Abbey, Hampshire ?1832
D23583
Turner Bequest CCLII 33a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page is closely packed with sketches of the overgrown ruins of Netley Abbey, located about five miles south-east of Southampton. From left to right can be discerned the three stories of the south transept, an arcade of Gothic arches seen through a thicket of saplings, and a wide window arch denuded of its tracery. The abbey was the subject of particular study in this sketchbook, and recurs on multiple pages; see folio 32 verso (D23581; Turner Bequest CCLII 32a) for the main entry on this site.

John Chu
April 2014

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Netley Abbey, Hampshire ?1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-netley-abbey-hampshire-r1175075, accessed 27 April 2024.