Graphite and watercolour on paper
Fonthill Sketchbook
Fonthill Sketchbook
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
Fonthill Sketchbook
Wiltshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Fonthill Distant Abbey East with Lake in Foreground and a Team Oxen
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
animals: mammals
architecture
cart
country house
England
England, South West
England, Southern
features
Fonthill, Fonthill Abbey
Gothic
hill
lake
landscape
medieval
ox
periods and styles
places
residential
society
tower
transport: land
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
water: inland
Wiltshire
wooded
<p>In 1799 Turner received a commission for a series of views from Willian Beckford, an eccentric and very wealthy landowner, who was just then constructing his gothic abbey at Fonthill, not far from Salisbury. In the five large watercolours that Turner subsequently exhibited at the Royal Academy, he depicted the incomplete abbey from different points on the estate, but the titles given in the catalogue emphasised Turner's aim of recreating specific times of day in each drawing: morning, noon, afternoon, sunset and evening. In some of the sketches he made for the series, such as this work, it is clear that he had already begun to understand the dramatic possibilities inherent in naturalistic effects.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
22 May 2015 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
22 May 2015 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
2015-05-22
The Salisbury Museum (Salisbury, UK)
http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk
2015-05-22
Turner and Wessex
Loan-out
Fonthill: Distant View of the Abbey from the East, with the Lake in the Foreground and a Team of Oxen
support: 330 × 433 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
<p>In 1799 Turner received a commission for a series of views from Willian Beckford, an eccentric and very wealthy landowner, who was just then constructing his gothic abbey at Fonthill, not far from Salisbury. In the five large <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> that Turner subsequently exhibited at the Royal Academy, he depicted the incomplete abbey from different points on the estate, but the titles given in the catalogue emphasised Turner's aim of recreating specific times of day in each <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a>: morning, noon, afternoon, sunset and evening. In some of the sketches he made for the series, such as this work, it is clear that he had already begun to understand the dramatic possibilities inherent in naturalistic effects.</p>
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animals: mammals architecture cart country house England England, Southern England, South West features Fonthill, Fonthill Abbey Gothic hill lake landscape medieval ox periods and styles places residential society tower transport: land UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions water: inland Wiltshire wooded
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