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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees inside the Walls of Battle Abbey c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees inside the Walls of Battle Abbey’ c.1816-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
Trees inside the Walls of Battle Abbey circa 1816–18
D10385
Turner Bequest CXXXIX 30
Pencil on white wove paper, 129 x 205 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘30’ bottom left, inverted and ‘315’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIX 30’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this small group of trees continues the view of the gatehouse of Battle Abbey on folio 29 verso (D10384).
For Battle Abbey in this sketchbook see notes to folio 28 (D10381).

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Trees inside the Walls of Battle Abbey 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-trees-inside-the-walls-of-battle-abbey-r1131613, accessed 26 April 2024.