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 > Views in Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Battle from the Hastings Road 1810

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Battle from the Hastings Road’ 1810
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Battle from the Hastings Road 1810
D10323
Turner Bequest CXXXVIII 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 200 x 315 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Garden’ lower centre and ‘Pen’ or ‘Pond’ towards bottom right
Inscribed ?by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVIII 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For views of Battle from this sketchbook see notes to D10321; Turner Bequest CXXXVIII 2. This view towards the town from the south-east near the Hastings road looks towards St Mary the Virgin Church on the right and the Abbey on the left.
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David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Battle from the Hastings Road 1810 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, 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/joseph-mallord-william-turner-battle-from-the-hastings-road-r1131368, accessed 22 November 2024.