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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ruins of Blantyre Abbey Seen among Trees 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ruins of Blantyre Abbey Seen among Trees’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 168 Recto:
The Ruins of Blantyre Abbey Seen among Trees 1801
D03238
Turner Bequest LVI 166
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 184 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Ditto’ top right, ascending vertically
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram twice centre right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘166’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 166’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 167 verso opposite (D03237; Turner Bequest LVI 165a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Ruins of Blantyre Abbey Seen among Trees 1801 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-ruins-of-blantyre-abbey-seen-among-trees-r1179434, accessed 26 April 2024.