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Lot Essay
The picturesque ruined Tintern Abbey is situated on the right bank of the River Wye on the border of Wales between Monmouth to the north and Chepstow to the south. It was a medival monastery established by the Cistercian order from France in 1311 by the Norman lord of Chepstow, Walter fitz Richard de Clare. In 1536, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII, monastic life ceased at Tintern.
From the end of the 18th century the Abbey was visited by the artists of the Romantic movements such as the painter J.M.W. Turner between 1792-98 and the poet William Wordsworth between 1793 and 1798. By 1800 the abbey ruins were a busy tourist attraction and many Victorian artists recorded its 'romantic' views. Leader visited Tintern numerous ; the first in the fall of 1869.
We are grateful to Ruth Wood for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry and for authenticating this painting from a photograph.
Fig. 38 Benjamin Williams Leader. (Photo: M. Warner, The Victorians, British Painting 1837-1901, New York, p. 228)
From the end of the 18th century the Abbey was visited by the artists of the Romantic movements such as the painter J.M.W. Turner between 1792-98 and the poet William Wordsworth between 1793 and 1798. By 1800 the abbey ruins were a busy tourist attraction and many Victorian artists recorded its 'romantic' views. Leader visited Tintern numerous ; the first in the fall of 1869.
We are grateful to Ruth Wood for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry and for authenticating this painting from a photograph.
Fig. 38 Benjamin Williams Leader. (Photo: M. Warner, The Victorians, British Painting 1837-1901, New York, p. 228)