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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Verso:
The Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea circa 1816–19
D10525
Turner Bequest CXL 59a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The church is seen from the churchyard with its porch and tower to the left and on the right the ruins of the originally much larger nave. Architectural details of the church are drawn on folio 67 of the sketchbook (D10526; Turner Bequest CXL 60).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Church of St Thomas the Martyr, 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-the-church-of-st-thomas-the-martyr-winchelsea-r1131519, accessed 25 April 2024.