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 Fountains Abbey: Huby's Tower from the Chapel of the Nine Altars 1797

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fountains Abbey: Huby's Tower from the Chapel of the Nine Altars’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
Fountains Abbey: Huby’s Tower from the Chapel of the Nine Altars 1797
D01082
Turner Bequest XXXV 80
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 370 x 274 mm
Part watermark ‘1796’
Blind-stamped lower centre (in the drawing) with Turner Bequest monogram
Stamped in black ‘XXXV – 80’ bottom right
Turner seems to have been particularly receptive to the effect of sunlit masonry glimpsed between other structures, bringing out his watercolours to record its intensity. Compare his study at Tynemouth in the contemporary North of England sketchbook (Tate D00939; Turner Bequest XXXIV 33). Other drawings made at Fountains are on folio 10 recto (D01010; Turner Bequest XXXV 7) in this book and, in North of England, Tate D01000 (Turner Bequest XXXIV 89).
Technical notes:
The page is slightly discoloured from exposure when on display, apart from the edges formerly protected by a mount.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘722’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

Revised by Matthew Imms
September 2014

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Fountains Abbey: Huby’s Tower from the Chapel of the Nine Altars 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, revised by Matthew Imms, September 2014, 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-fountains-abbey-hubys-tower-from-the-chapel-of-the-nine-r1150175, accessed 30 June 2024.