Sketchbooks by J F Turner of English ecclesiastical buildings

This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London

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.

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Acquisition Information

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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