print (mezzotint and etching): "Martello Towers Near Bexhill, Sussex" from Liber Studiorum

Coastal scene with a line of Martello Towers in the distance. Large cliffs at right. In the foreground two soldiers on horseback and a family with a donkey. Printed text ‘Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner R.A./Published June 1811, by T.[sic]M.W. Turner, Queen Ann Street West/Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.’ ‘M’ at upper centre. [Marine series] ‘NCAM’ impression in circle at brc. ‘JMWT’ monogram at lower right. Originally issued in part 7 of the series., Martello Towers are fortifications that were built by the British Army for coastal defence during the nineteenth century. They were built all over the British Empire, from Ireland to Canada, and many survive to this day. The towers built along the coast of Kent and Sussex were the first to be built in England. http://www.martello-towers.co.uk/nutshell.htm,