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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Windmill on the Moors near Whitby, with the Abbey in the Distance on the Right 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Windmill on the Moors near Whitby, with the Abbey in the Distance on the Right’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
A Windmill on the Moors near Whitby, with the Abbey in the Distance on the Right 1801
D02475
Turner Bequest LIII 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 10’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this drawing appears to have provided the basis for the watercolour study on folio 9 verso opposite (D02474). For other views of Whitby in this sketchbook, see under folio 6 recto (D02469).
Technical notes:
There is slight watercolour offsetting from folio 9 verso opposite (D02474).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Windmill on the Moors near Whitby, with the Abbey in the Distance on the Right 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-a-windmill-on-the-moors-near-whitby-with-the-abbey-in-the-r1178497, accessed 17 July 2024.