Graphite and watercolour on paper
Watercolours and Studies Relating to the Welsh and Marches Tours
Watercolours and Studies Relating to the Welsh and Marches Tours
Wales and the Marches 1792-4
Wales and the Marches 1792-4
Monmouthshire
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>
Tintern Abbey Crossing and Chancel Looking towards East Window
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abbey
adults
arch
architecture
features
figure
Gothic
medieval
Monmouthshire
people
periods and styles
places
religious
religious
ruins
Tintern, Tintern Abbey
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
Wales
<p>In the 1790s Turner made a series of tours throughout Britain. He was looking for Picturesque and historical subjects for watercolours that he intended to sell or show in exhibitions.</p><p>Turner had sketched Tintern Abbey, in South Wales, on a tour in 1792. The area was one of the most visited tourist spots in Britain. William Wordsworth also visited the area in these years. His poem, Tintern Abbey (1798) revealed the complex historical, political and emotional associations the ruin had for people at the time.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
1 October 2007 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
1 October 2007 – 6 January 2008
2008-01-06
2007-10-01
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-10
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA)
http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
23 June 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-06-23
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2007-10-01
JMW Turner
Tate partnerships & programmes
1 May 2010 – 5 September 2010
2010-09-05
1 May 2010 – 5 September 2010
2010-09-05
2010-05-01
Chepstow Museum (Chepstow, UK)
2010-05-01
Wye Tour Exhibition
Loan-out
4 March 2014 – 18 May 2014
2014-05-18
4 March 2014 – 18 May 2014
2014-05-18
2014-03-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-03-04
Ruin Lust
Exhibition
24 May 2014 – 12 October 2014
2014-10-12
24 May 2014 – 12 October 2014
2014-10-12
2014-05-24
Chepstow Museum (Chepstow, UK)
2014-05-24
Sites of Inspiration: Tintern Abbey and Llanthony Priory
Loan-out
Tintern Abbey: The Crossing and Chancel, Looking towards the East Window
support: 359 × 250 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="text18">In the </span><span class="text0">1790s</span><span class="text18"> </span><span class="text0">Turner</span><span class="text18"> made a series of tours </span><span class="text19">throughout      Britain. He was looking for <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> and historical subjects for      <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 he intended to sell  or show in exhibitions.</span><span class="text18">
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<span class="text18">Turner had sketched Tintern Abbey, in South Wales, on      a tour in 1792. The </span><span class="text17">area was one </span><span class="text21">of the most visited tourist </span><span class="text19">spots      in Britain. </span><span class="text18">William Wordsworth also visited the      area in these years. </span><span class="text19">His poem, </span><span class="text20">Tintern Abbey</span><span class="text19"> (1798)  </span><span class="text22">revealed the complex historical, </span><span class="text21">political </span><span class="text18">and emotional associations      the ruin had  for people at the time.   </span>
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