'Part of Hastings Castle', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Part of Hastings Castle

From Hastings Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXI

Date c.1810

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 88 x 110 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D07614

Turner Bequest CXI 15

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

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

References

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

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.