© Victoria Art Gallery
The West Front of the Abbey Bath
Artist: JMW Turner (1775 - 1851)
Location: Victoria Art Gallery
Date: 1796
Materials: watercolour
Dimensions: 24 x 29 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £8,125 (Total: £32,500)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 4006 (1994)
Provenance:
Hurrell; Christie's, 1893; bought Ash; Christie's, 1894; bought Revd C.F.Mayo; with Agnew's 1901; James Gresham; Lt-Col H.E.Gresham 1914; Mrs M.E.Gresham 1933; Mrs M.E.L.Lewis-Roberts 1957; by descent until 1984.
Description:
Turner visited Bath in 1791. In order to emphasise the picturesque possibilities of Bath Abbey, Turner has reduced the scale of the Georgian houses to the right and depicted the abbey from a low view point.
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