J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Battle Abbey; the Gatehouse and Court House from Abbey Green c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Battle Abbey; the Gatehouse and Court House from Abbey Green’ c.1816-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Verso:
Battle Abbey; the Gatehouse and Court House from Abbey Green circa 1816–18
D10380
Turner Bequest CXXXIX 27a
Pencil on white wove paper, 129 x 205 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this is a very slight outline of the outside of the gatehouse as seen in more detail on the facing folio 28 (D10381), for which see catalogue entry.

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Battle Abbey; the Gatehouse and Court House from Abbey Green c.1816–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-abbey-the-gatehouse-and-court-house-from-abbey-green-r1131608, accessed 26 April 2024.