J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins of the Chapel of Greyfriars, Winchelsea c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins of the Chapel of Greyfriars, Winchelsea’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 70 Verso:
Ruins of the Chapel of Greyfriars, Winchelsea circa 1816–19
D10533
Turner Bequest CXL 63a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a closer view of the ruins with arched windows sketched on folio 69 verso and 71 of the sketchbook (D10531, D10534; Turner Bequest CXL 62a, 64). Unusually among the drawings in the book and alone among those made at Winchelsea, this one includes several figures.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Ruins of the Chapel of Greyfriars, Winchelsea c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ruins-of-the-chapel-of-greyfriars-winchelsea-r1131527, accessed 26 April 2024.