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 Winchelsea or Rye; Windmills on a Hill c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Winchelsea or Rye; Windmills on a Hill’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Winchelsea or Rye; Windmills on a Hill circa 1806–10
D05737
Turner Bequest XCII 18
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in black ink ‘18’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 18’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These mills are perhaps on the Playden Heights near Rye, or at Winchelsea; see also folio 9 of the sketchbook (D05736).
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David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Winchelsea or Rye; Windmills on a Hill 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-winchelsea-or-rye-windmills-on-a-hill-r1131041, accessed 19 April 2024.