drawing
- Museum number
- 1878,1228.41
- Description
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Tintern Abbey, west front; the ruined abbey, overgrown with grass and bushes seen from near to, a figure entering it carrying a book, at left a cottage with figures standing in front, in the foreground a roller and watering-can. c.1794
Watercolour over graphite
- Production date
- 1794 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 419 millimetres
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Width: 316 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This view is based on a pencil drawing T.B., XII-D.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1857 Manchester, Art Treaures, no. 299
1934 BM, Exhibition of English Art, no.357
1981 May-Aug, Nottingham, Castle Museum, 'English Watercolours'
1984 Jul-Sep, Llandudno, 'Turner in Wales', no. 15
1984 Sep-Nov, Swansea, 'Turner in Wales', no. 15
1998 Jul-Oct, Cumbria, Wordsworth Trust, 'Tintern Abbey'
2010 May-Sep, Chepstow Museum, Wye Tour
2014 May-Sep, Chepstow Museum, 'Tintern Abbey'
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1878,1228.41
