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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Tabley No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Valle Crucis Abbey 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Valle Crucis Abbey’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
Valle Crucis Abbey 1808
D06844
Turner Bequest CIII 15
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 226 x 295 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CIII 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Hitherto unidentified, this is another view of Valle Crucis, seen also in folios 22 and 23 of the sketchbook (D06843, D06842; Turner Bequest CIII 14, 13).

David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Valle Crucis Abbey 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-valle-crucis-abbey-r1134489, accessed 22 November 2024.