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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Richmond Hill; Hastings to Margate ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Architectural Details at Winchelsea c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Architectural Details at Winchelsea’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 68 Recto:
Architectural Details at Winchelsea circa 1816–19
D10528
Turner Bequest CXL 61
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Winchelsea’ at right of images
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘61’ top left, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 61’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner shows three small details of features of Winchelsea’s medieval buildings; these are not precisely identifiable. For details of the Church of St Thomas the Martyr at Winchelsea see folio 67 of the sketchbook (D10526; Turner Bequest CXL 60).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Architectural Details at 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-architectural-details-at-winchelsea-r1131522, accessed 26 April 2024.