Joseph Mallord William Turner

Christchurch Priory from the Stanpit Marshes

1811

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 75 × 117 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D08406
Turner Bequest CXXIII 24

Catalogue entry

Finberg’s qualified identification is correct, as the view is across the marshland bordering the harbour at Christchurch, south-east of the priory. There is a similar sketch on folio 34 recto (D08425) and an elaborate drawing of the church from the north, possibly made on the same occasion, in the Vale of Heathfield sketchbook (Tate D10310; Turner Bequest CXXXVII 67).
For other sketches made around Christchurch see under folio 22 recto (D08403).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

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