J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Notes on the Geology of the South Coast, and ?Verse (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1809-14

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Notes on the Geology of the South Coast, and ?Verse (Inscriptions by Turner)’ c.1809-14
Folio 4 Recto:
Notes on the Geology of the South Coast, and ?Verse (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1809–14
D07600
Turner Bequest CXI 4
Ink and pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 88 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink and pencil (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXI 4’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The main inscription, in ink, continues the notes on geology begun on folio 3 verso of the sketchbook (D07599). See notes to D07599 for a full transcription.
There is a further inscription in pencil underneath, largely illegible but perhaps including the word ‘Gorgon’.

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Notes on the Geology of the South Coast, and ?Verse (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1809–14’, catalogue entry, May 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/notes-on-the-geology-of-the-south-coast-and-verse-inscriptions-by-turner-r1131088, accessed 19 April 2024.