'Inscription by Turner: Initials', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Inscription by Turner: Initials

From Rhine, Strassburg and Oxford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXVII

Date ?1802

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 160 x 247 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D40791

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Front Cover:

Inscription by Turner: Initials ?1802

D40791

Ink on red comb-striped paper sketchbook cover, 160 x 247 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘J M W T’ top centre

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The inscription is somewhat worn, with only the ‘W’ and ‘T’ readily legible.

Matthew Imms
November 2012

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Rhine, Strassburg and Oxford Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest