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The Ruined Abbey at Haddington Turner
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- watercolour over graphite on wove paper
- Associated place
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- Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Oxford City District › South East area › Iffley › Saint Mary's Church › Saint Mary's Church (subject)
- Provenance
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Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.ED.102
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Wilton, Andrew, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner (London: Academy Editions, 1979), no. 73
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 52
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 102
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of Examples Arranged for Elementary Study in the University Galleries (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1870), cat. Educational no. 46
Herrmann, Luke, Ruskin and Turner: A Study of Ruskin as a Collector of Turner, Based on His Gifts to the University of Oxford: Incorporating a Catalogue Raisonné of the Turner Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum (London: Faber & Faber, 1968), no. 60
Herrmann, Luke, and Colin Harrison, J. M. W. Turner, Ashmolean Museum Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 4
Ruskin, John, ‘The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogues, Notes and Instructions’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 21, cat. Educational no. 102
Ruskin, John, ‘Notes By Mr. Ruskin ... on His Drawings by the Late J. M. W. Turner, R. A., [and] on His Own Handiwork Illustrative of Turner’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 13, no. 5 = XIII.415-416
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Educational series, 1st ed. (1871)
52 Ruined abbey. Early unfinished drawing by Turner. -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
102. Ruined abbey. Early unfinished drawing by Turner. -
Ruskin's Catalogue of Examples (1870)
46. Unfinished drawing of ruined abbey. (Turner.)This is a perfect example of Turner’s method of work in his early time—every colour deliberately chosen, and set in its place like Florentine mosaic.
