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 Hastings Castle c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hastings Castle’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Recto:
Hastings Castle circa 1806–10
D05726
Turner Bequest XCII 8
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 8’ 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 quick, bold outline seems to show Hastings Castle.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Hastings Castle 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-hastings-castle-r1131046, accessed 21 November 2024.