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 Seen through Trees c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Battle Abbey Seen through Trees’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
Battle Abbey Seen through Trees circa 1806–10
D05670
Turner Bequest XCI 53
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘53’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 53’ 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).
The leaf is stained with ink or grey wash above the lower margin and repaired at the bottom left corner.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Battle Abbey Seen through Trees 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-seen-through-trees-r1130981, accessed 24 April 2024.