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 Distant View of Battle Abbey from the West c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Battle Abbey from the West’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
Distant View of Battle Abbey from the West circa 1806–10
D05663
Turner Bequest XCI 46
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘46’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 46’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See folio 45 of the sketchbook (D05662) for another view probably of the same scenery, identified by Finberg as Herstmonceux Castle and by Edward Croft-Murray as Pevensey Castle, but more likely to be Battle Abbey from the west. Here, the profile of the gatehouse seems clearer, upper left of centre.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Distant View of Battle Abbey from the West 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-distant-view-of-battle-abbey-from-the-west-r1130974, accessed 26 April 2024.