Etching and engraving on paper
Sussex, East
Sussex - non-specific
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Art Fund
Collection
Etchings and Engravings for the ‘Liber Studiorum’
Turner owned by Tate
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Martello Towers nr Bexhill Sussex
Presented by A. Acland Allen through the Art Fund 1925
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
beach
Bexhill-on-Sea
boat - non-specific
child
children
cliff
coast
donkey
England
England, South East
England, Southern
fortification
horse
man
military
military
pack animal
people
places
riding
road
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
soldier
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, East
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
woman
work and occupations
<p>Turner focuses here on the small, round defensive forts built to defend the south and east coasts of England. Over one hundred of these forts were erected, in a chain stretching from Seaford in Sussex to Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Although they were never put to the test, they became one of the most identifiable symbols of Britain’s defence against Napoleon.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper print etching engraving
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
Martello Towers, nr Bexhill, Sussex
image: 176 × 257 mm
Presented by A. Acland Allen through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1925
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<p>Turner focuses here on the small, round defensive forts built to defend the south and east coasts of England. Over one hundred of these forts were erected, in a chain stretching from Seaford in Sussex to Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Although they were never put to the test, they became one of the most identifiable symbols of Britain’s defence against Napoleon.</p>
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