Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Watercolours and Drawings Related to the 1797 North of England Tour, and Other Subjects
Watercolours and Drawings Related to the 1797 North of England Tour, and Other Subjects
North of England 1797-1801
North of England 1797-1801
Leeds
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Kirkstall Abbey with Adoration Shepherds
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abbey
adults
architecture
Bible: New Testament
door
England
features
figure
group
groups
Kirkstall, Kirkstall Abbey
Leeds
Nativity
people
places
religion and belief
religious
religious
ruins
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>This sketch is based on a view of Kirkstall Abbey in the Tweed and Lakes sketchbook. There the view is of the south aisle and nave from the south transept, but in this pen and ink study Turner has reversed the whole composition, perhaps contemplating the process involved when engraving an image. The romantic ruins seem to be the setting for a nativity subject. This is confirmed by the figure groups sketched above the main design, where a woman is seen cradling and wrapping a baby. The style suggests a date of between 1800 and 1805, a period when Turner frequently made tentative drafts for historical subjects, one of which resulted in his 1803 oil painting of the Holy Family (T1).</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique pen ink watercolour
Kirkstall Abbey, with the Adoration of the Shepherds
support: 254 × 200 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>This sketch is based on a view of Kirkstall Abbey in the Tweed and Lakes sketchbook. There the view is of the south aisle and nave from the south transept, but in this <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/pen-and-ink" title="Glossary definition for 'Pen and Ink'"><span>pen and ink</span></a> study Turner has reversed the whole <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>, perhaps contemplating the process involved when <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraving</span></a> an image. The romantic ruins seem to be the setting for a nativity subject. This is confirmed by the figure groups sketched above the main design, where a woman is seen cradling and wrapping a baby. The style suggests a date of between 1800 and 1805, a period when Turner frequently made tentative drafts for historical subjects, one of which resulted in his 1803 oil <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> of the Holy Family (T1).</p>
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