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 Battle Abbey c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Battle Abbey’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
Battle Abbey circa 1806–10
D05669
Turner Bequest XCI 52
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘52’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 52’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The identification of Battle Abbey was correctly given by Edward Croft-Murray in pencil annotations to a copy of Finberg now in Tate’s Library. For Battle Abbey in this sketchbook see notes to folio 45 (D05662).
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Battle Abbey 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-battle-abbey-r1130980, accessed 25 April 2024.