Joseph Mallord William TurnerHastings Castle c.1806-10

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Artist
Title
Hastings Castle
From Sussex Sketchbook
Turner Bequest XCII
Date c.1806-10
MediumChalk and graphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 153 x 216 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05725
Turner Bequest XCII 7
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
Hastings Castle circa 1806–10
D05725
Turner Bequest XCII 7
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘7’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 7’ 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 seems to be Hastings Castle, seen from above the town to the west.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

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