Graphite and watercolour on paper
Watercolours of Oxford and the Home Counties
Watercolours of Oxford and the Home Counties
London, Oxford and the Home Counties c.1791-3
London, Oxford and the Home Counties c.1791-3
Kent
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>
West Malling St Marys Abbey with Cascade a Posts and a Signpost
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abbey
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
donkey
England
England, South East
England, Southern
features
figure
Kent
people
places
religious
religious
riding
ruins
sluice
society
stream
tower
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
tree
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
water: inland
West Malling, St Mary’s Abbey
<p>Turner trained as an architectural draughtsman, and most of his work during the 1790s featured historic buildings. This watercolour, which was made during these years, seems to have been torn from a sketchbook. It combines an interest in the ‘picturesque’ elements of run-down rustic buildings with the historic interest of old ruins.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
West Malling: St Mary’s Abbey with the Cascade; a Study of Posts and a Signpost
support: 452 × 294 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="text11">Turner trained as an architectural draughtsman, and      most of his work  during the 1790s featured historic buildings. 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>, which  </span><span class="text14">was made during these      years, seems </span><span class="text12">
to have been torn from a      sketchbook. It combines an interest in 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>’</span><span class="text7"> elements of run-down rustic buildings with the historic      interest of old ruins. </span>
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abbey adults animals: mammals architecture donkey England England, South East England, Southern features figure Kent people places religious religious riding ruins sluice society stream tower townscapes / man-made features transport: land tree UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions water: inland West Malling, St Mary’s Abbey
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