Gouache, 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 A Shelter in Grounds with a Flock Sheep and Shepherd
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
agricultural
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
barn
country house
dog - non-specific
England
England, South West
England, Southern
Fonthill, Fonthill Abbey
herdsman / herdswoman
herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess
hill
landscape
man
people
places
residential
sheep
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
Wiltshire
work and occupations
<p>Wealthy landowners often commissioned artists to make paintings of their estates and houses. Few were as extraordinary as William Beckford's outrageous residence, Fonthill Abbey. Beckford invited Turner to stay at Fonthill, in Wiltshire, when the building was still under construction. Turner made many drawings and sketches of the neo-Gothic extravagance and its huge tower, which collapsed under its  own weight a few years later.</p><p>The focus of this watercolour is the rural scene in the foreground, but some idea  of the sheer scale of the abbey can be gauged from the silhouetted tower visible on the horizon.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache graphite watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
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
11 March 2022 – 18 June 2022
2022-06-18
11 March 2022 – 18 June 2022
2022-06-18
2022-03-11
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2022-03-11
JMW Turner
Loan-out
Fonthill: A Shelter in the Grounds, with a Flock of Sheep and Shepherd
support: 334 × 467 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>
Wealthy landowners often commissioned artists to make <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>paintings</span></a> of their estates and houses. Few were as extraordinary as William Beckford's outrageous residence, Fonthill Abbey. Beckford invited Turner to stay at Fonthill, in Wiltshire, when the building was still under construction. Turner made many <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>drawings</span></a> and sketches of the neo-Gothic extravagance and its huge tower, which collapsed under its <br/>
own weight a few years later.</p>
<p>
 </p>
<p>
The focus of 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> is the rural scene in the foreground, but some idea <br/>
of the sheer scale of the abbey can be gauged from the silhouetted tower visible on the horizon.</p>
<p>
 </p>
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adults agricultural agriculture and fishing animals: mammals architecture barn country house dog - non-specific England England, Southern England, South West Fonthill, Fonthill Abbey herdsman / herdswoman herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess hill landscape man people places residential sheep UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions Wiltshire work and occupations
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