Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Etching and engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 176 × 257 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by A. Acland Allen through the Art Fund 1925
- Reference
- A00978
Display caption
Turner focuses here on the small, round defensive forts built to defend the south and east coasts of England. Over one hundred of these forts were erected, in a chain stretching from Seaford in Sussex to Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Although they were never put to the test, they became one of the most identifiable symbols of Britain’s defence against Napoleon.
Gallery label, November 2022
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