'Inscription by Turner: Title of a View', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Inscription by Turner: Title of a View

From Subjects Related to the Bristol and Malmesbury Tour

Date 1791

MediumPen and ink on paper

Dimensionssupport: 327 x 248 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D40031

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Inscription by Turner: Title of a View 1791

D40031

Pen and brown ink on white wove paper, 327 x 248 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pen and brown ink ‘The Ruins of the Tower of’ towards top centre and ‘the Ruins of the Tower | at the West End of Malmbury [sic] Abbey | taken from the Friars Walk | 1791’ centre
Stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram above ‘VII D’ bottom left
Inscribed in pencil in a later hand, in pencil ‘4’ (circled) towards lower right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

This side of this sheet is not mentioned specifically in Finberg’s 1909 Turner Bequest catalogue,1 although he gives Turner’s longer inscription as the title of the subject on the recto (D00111; Turner Bequest VII D).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

See A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.I, p.12.

Read this catalogue entry in full

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