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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Dunwich and the Ruins of All Saints' Church c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Dunwich and the Ruins of All Saints' Church’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
Views of Dunwich and the Ruins of All Saints’ Church c.1824
D18258
Turner Bequest CCIX 52
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 118 mm
Watermarked ‘al[lee] | 18[19]’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Rendered with the sketchbook turned upside down, here Turner depicts the Suffolk village of Dunwich in a series of cursory sketches. The ruined All Saints’ Church situated close to the cliff’s edge is recorded from various aspects (see Tate D18257; Turner Bequest CCIX 51a).

Alice Rylance-Watson
January 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Views of Dunwich and the Ruins of All Saints’ Church 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-views-of-dunwich-and-the-ruins-of-all-saints-church-r1181140, accessed 24 April 2024.