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Object Type
Museum number: 1878,1228.41
Description: 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
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Production date: 1794 (circa)
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 419 millimetres; Width: 316 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This view is based on a pencil drawing T.B., XII-D.
Bibliographic references: Wilton 1979 / The life and work of J M W Turner (60); Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain (16)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 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'
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Associated places: Topographic representation of: Tintern Abbey
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1878
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1878,1228.41

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