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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins of St Andrew's Church, Walberswick c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins of St Andrew's Church, Walberswick’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
Ruins of St Andrew’s Church, Walberswick c.1824
D18262
Turner Bequest CCIX 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 115 mm
Watermarked ‘[al]lee | [18]19’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Southwold [?Ruins]’ top left, ‘[?Dun Monastery]’ centre left towards rear (inverted)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This series of sketches shows the ruins St Andrew’s Church at Walberswick near Southwold, Suffolk (see Tate D18261; Turner Bequest CCIX 53a). Turner has inscribed notes which appear to read ‘Southwold [?Ruins]’ and ‘Dun Monastery’, the latter probably referring to the ruined All Saints’ Church at Dunwich (see Tate D18237; Turner Bequest CCIX 41a).
The ruins recorded on Tate D18273; Turner Bequest CCIX 60 may also be connected to these sketches.

Alice Rylance-Watson
January 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Ruins of St Andrew’s Church, Walberswick c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ruins-of-st-andrews-church-walberswick-r1181144, accessed 26 April 2024.