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 from the West c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Battle Abbey from the West’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 89 Recto:
?Battle Abbey from the West circa 1806–10
D05706
Turner Bequest XCI 89
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘89’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 89’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With folio 88 of the sketchbook (D05705) this perhaps another quick outline of Battle Abbey with the gatehouse at mid left. For other views in this book see notes to folio 45 (D05662).
The leaf is stained.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?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-battle-abbey-from-the-west-r1131017, accessed 11 May 2024.