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 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hastings from the Shore c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hastings from the Shore’ c.1816-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Verso:
Hastings from the Shore circa 1816–18
D10375
Turner Bequest CXXXIX 24a
Pencil on white wove paper, 129 x 205 mm
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIX 24’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 25 (D10376), this is a view of Hastings from the shore, stretching from the castle to East Hill, similar to the double-spread on folios 22 verso–23 (D10371–D10372) but showing less detail.
For views of Hastings in this sketchbook see notes to folio 2 verso (D10371).

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Hastings from the Shore c.1816–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-hastings-from-the-shore-r1131603, accessed 19 April 2024.