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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North of England 1797-1801 > Tweed and Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Kirkstall Abbey: The West Portal 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Kirkstall Abbey: The West Portal’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Kirkstall Abbey: The West Portal 1797
D01006
Turner Bequest XXXV 3
Pencil on white wove paper, 370 x 274 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘Melrose ? JR’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 3’ bottom right
Other views at Kirkstall are on folios 5 recto and 12 recto (D01005, D01083; Turner Bequest XXXV 2, 81) of this book; those in the contemporary North of England sketchbook are Tate D00916–D00922 (Turner Bequest XXXIV 10a–16).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil ‘Kirkstall Abbey. AJF | XXXV 3 | 141.3’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Kirkstall Abbey: The West Portal 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-kirkstall-abbey-the-west-portal-r1150171, accessed 21 November 2024.