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 > Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Brightling Observatory c.1810-16

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brightling Observatory’ c.1810-16
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Brightling Observatory circa 1810–16
D10255
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 37
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted and continued on folio 37 verso (D10254; Turner Bequest CXXXVII 36a) for which see catalogue entry.
Verso:
Blank, but with faint smudges or offsets of blue watercolour.

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Brightling Observatory c.1810–16 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-brightling-observatory-r1131298, accessed 23 September 2024.