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Llanthony Abbey, Monmouthshire
J. M. W. Turnerabout 1792
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States
Details
- Title: Llanthony Abbey, Monmouthshire
- Creator Lifespan: 1775 - 1851
- Creator Nationality: British
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Chelsea
- Creator Birth Place: London
- Date Created: about 1792
- Type: watercolors
- Rights: Gift in Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Hugo O. Pantzer by their Children
- External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/5656
- Medium: watercolor on white paper
- wall label: Turner's lifelong fascination with the potent forces of nature first manifested itself in this rain-swept panorama of Llanthony Abbey in the stormy Black Mountains of South Wales. Atmospheric conditions were not suggested in the precise pencil sketch that Turner made on site, but were rather conjured from memory when he fashioned the watercolor in his studio.
- measurements: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8 in (sheet)
- Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner
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