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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Fairlight; the Glen and a Windmill on the Hill c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Fairlight; the Glen and a Windmill on the Hill’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
?Fairlight; the Glen and a Windmill on the Hill circa 1806–10
D05727
Turner Bequest XCII 9
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 9’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch is perhaps near Fairlight, looking through the gap in the Downs towards Hastings and the Channel. There is a windmill on the hill at right and a ship off the coast at left.
There is some sooty deposit along the right margin of the leaf.
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David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Fairlight; the Glen and a Windmill on the Hill c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-fairlight-the-glen-and-a-windmill-on-the-hill-r1131047, accessed 24 November 2024.