Martello Towers near Bexhill, Sussex
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851
Summary
This is a landscape with a beach, water and cliffs. The cliffs on the right are very white, and there are dark cliffs in front of them. There is a path that leads from the foreground to the background to the water. Several figures and a donkey are standing on the path in the foreground. There are several squat towers in the middle ground along the coastline.
Object Name
Martello Towers near Bexhill, Sussex
Creators Name
Date Created
1811
Dimensions
plate mark: 20.7cm x 29cm
support: 28.8cm x 42.8cm
accession number
1918.1009/14
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Support
paper
Medium
ink (brown)
Credit
Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918
