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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of Hastings Castle c.1810

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of Hastings Castle’ c.1810
Folio 15 Recto:
Part of Hastings Castle circa 1810
D07614
Turner Bequest CXI 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 110 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Hastings’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXI 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A very quick sketch, this is continued slightly on folio 14 verso of the sketchbook (D07613). There is another view of ‘Hastings Castle’ on folio 16 (D07615). For views around Hastings in this book, see Introduction.

David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Part of Hastings Castle c.1810’, catalogue entry, April 2011, 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/part-of-hastings-castle-r1131101, accessed 24 November 2024.