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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sunningwell Church from the South-East c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sunningwell Church from the South-East’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
Sunningwell Church from the South-East c.1789
D00026
Turner Bequest II 13
Pencil and watercolour on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘9’ right of centre in drawing
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘13’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 13’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See folio 12 recto (D00024). There are smears of blue, brown and red colour to the lower and right edges. Turner’s ‘9’ probably indicates the number of crenellations.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Sunningwell Church from the South-East c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-sunningwell-church-from-the-south-east-r1140180, accessed 24 April 2024.