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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Netley Abbey, Hampshire: The Interior of the Ruins, with Several Figures 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Netley Abbey, Hampshire: The Interior of the Ruins, with Several Figures’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Recto:
Netley Abbey, Hampshire: The Interior of the Ruins, with Several Figures 1795
D00430
Turner Bequest XXIV 23
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 204 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ bottom right (now very faint)
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 23’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Another view of the ruins of Netley Abbey is on folio 22 recto (D00429), under which a possible commission to make views of Netley, perhaps for Sir Harry Crichton, is discussed. No finished watercolour of the subject is known, however.
The ruins formed a subject popular with the Picturesque viewmakers. They attracted sightseers while Turner was there, as shown in this drawing.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Netley Abbey, Hampshire: The Interior of the Ruins, with Several Figures 1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-netley-abbey-hampshire-the-interior-of-the-ruins-with-r1141008, accessed 17 July 2024.