Joseph Mallord William Turner was inspired by the 12th-Century abbey ruins on his first visit to Malmesbury in 1791 when he was just 16. He painted the watercolour over his pencil sketch in 1827 ...
An early masterpiece by JMW Turner will return to public ownership ... including John Constable and the artists of the Norwich School. Constable sketch fetches £87k at auction Stubbs and ...