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Turle's House, Westminster

Turle's House, Westminster

Artist: Herbert Menzies Marshall (English, 1841 - 1913)

Date: 1888
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions:
Framed: 18 1/2 x 14 5/8 x 1 in. (47 x 37.1 x 2.5 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 in. (35.9 x 27.9 cm)
Image: 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. (22.5 x 14.6 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1938.226.278.139

A member of the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers and the Royal Watercolour Society, Marshall studied architecture at the Royal Academy and excelled as a cricket player.

James Turle was organist and master of the choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1831 to 1882. The house he occupied in the Abbey Cloisters during his long tenure was torn down shortly after his death.

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