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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Ruins of the Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Ruins of the Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 250 Recto:
The Ruins of the Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke 1811
D08800
Turner Bequest CXXIII 247
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘247’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 247’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is a similar view on folio 249 recto opposite (D08799; CXXIII 246a). For other sketches made at the site, see under folio 244 recto (D08791; CXXIII 241).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Ruins of the Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-ruins-of-the-holy-ghost-chapel-basingstoke-r1137279, accessed 27 September 2024.