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 > Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Pevensey Bay, Below Galley Hill c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Pevensey Bay, Below Galley Hill’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
?Pevensey Bay, Below Galley Hill circa 1806–10
D05627
Turner Bequest XCI 10
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ (crossed out) and ‘10’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 10’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A view from Galley Hill, east of Bexhill, looking to Pevensey Bay is on folio 11 of the sketchbook (D05628), and this sketch may be from near the same spot, a little further up from the beach.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Pevensey Bay, Below Galley Hill c.1806–10 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-pevensey-bay-below-galley-hill-r1130937, accessed 26 April 2024.