Graphite on paper
Lancashire and North Wales Sketchbook
Lancashire and North Wales Sketchbook
North Wales 1799-1801
North Wales 1799-1801
Lancashire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Lancashire and North Wales Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Whalley Abbey Seen across River Calder
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abbey
adults
architecture
England
England, Northern
figure
Gothic
industrial
Lancashire
landscape
medieval
people
periods and styles
places
religious
religious
river
River Calder
ruins
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
watermill
Whalley, Whalley Abbey
wooded
<p>Turner went to Whalley, near Blackburn in Lancashire, in the autumn of 1799. He had been commissioned to design illustrations for the Rev TD Whittaker's History of the Parish of Whalley published in 1800–01. This sketch shows him exploring the picturesque potential of the medieval abbey at Whalley. By the time Turner visited it, the building had fallen into disrepair.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
24 May 2002 – 4 August 2002
2002-08-04
24 May 2002 – 4 August 2002
2002-08-04
2002-05-24
Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
2002-05-24
Journeys of the Imagination: Works by Turner from Merseyside Collections
Loan-out
Whalley Abbey Seen across the River Calder
support: 225 × 329 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<span class="text4">Turner went to Whalley, near Blackburn in Lancashire,  </span><span class="text10">in the autumn of 1799. He had been commissioned </span><span class="text4">
to design illustrations for the </span><span class="text8">Rev      TD Whittaker's</span><span class="text4"> </span><span class="text7">History      </span><span class="text9">of the Parish of Whalley </span><span class="text10">published in 1800–01. This </span><span class="text4">sketch      shows him exploring the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> potential  of the medieval abbey at      Whalley. By the time Turner  visited it, the building had fallen into      disrepair. </span>
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