Northwest View of Malmesbury Abbey

Northwest View of Malmesbury Abbey
Northwest View of Malmesbury Abbey
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Artist
nationality
British
birth-death
1775-1851
Creation date
Collection
Prints
Materials
pencil on white paper
Dimensions
7 3/4 x 10 1/2 in (sheet)
Not Currently On View
Credit line
Gift in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Hugo Pantzer
Accession number
72.168
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Turner habitually sketched a site from many angles rather than follow the common practice of fixing on the one spot that guidebooks of the day prescribed as the "best view."

This close-up of the ruined abbey was one of several drawn in the summer of 1791, from which the sixteen-year-old artist chose one to work up into a watercolor for the next year's Royal Academy exhibition.

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