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Sketchbooks by J F Turner of English ecclesiastical buildings

Reference code
TUR
Title
Sketchbooks by J F Turner of English ecclesiastical buildings
Date
1843-1886
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Seven sketchbooks (TUR/04 disbound). Mostly oblong octavo.
Scope and content
Seven sketchbooks containing pen, pencil and wash drawings by the Rev. James Francis Turner (1829-93) of architectural features in English ecclesiastical buildings, with some castles, houses, views and plans; mostly 1843-69, some overdrawn in ink, 1886. Many of the drawings relate to NE England. The Rev. James Turner was chaplain of Bishop Cosin's Hall, Durham, 1852-4, incumbent of Canons Ashby, Northants., 1856-8, rector of North Tidworth, Wilts., 1858-68, and bishop of Grafton and Armidale, New South Wales, 1869-93. See F. Boase, Modern English Biography (1965), III, 1046.
Creator
Turner, James Francis (1829-1893), Anglican clergyman
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/979/1-7
SAL/MS/979
Archival history
Presented by the Rev. J F Turner to the Royal Archaeological Institute, 1892 (presentation notes in several volumes) and probably acquired by SAL with RAI library in 1900.
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