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Sketchbooks by J F Turner of English ecclesiastical buildings

Catalogue reference: TUR

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Reference: TUR
Title: Sketchbooks by J F Turner of English ecclesiastical buildings
Date: 1843-1886
Description: 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.
Held by: Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference: SAL/MS/979/1-7SAL/MS/979
Creator(s): Turner, James Francis (1829-1893), Anglican clergyman
Physical description: Seven sketchbooks (TUR/004 disbound). Mostly oblong octavo.
Immediate source of acquisition: 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.
Unpublished finding aids: Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/tur
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/623a5fb2-0b11-4e8d-8b17-036100f9ccf4/