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 A Tree, and Notes on the Geology of the South Coast (Inscription by Turner) c.1809-14

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Tree, and Notes on the Geology of the South Coast (Inscription by Turner)’ c.1809-14
Folio 4 Verso:
A Tree, and Notes on the Geology of the South Coast (Inscription by Turner) circa 1809–14
D07601
Turner Bequest CXI 4a
Pencil and pen and ink on white wove paper, 110 x 88 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch of a tree is continued on folio 5 (D07602) together with the notes on geology begun on folio 3 verso (D07599). See notes to D07599 for a full transcription.

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Tree, and Notes on the Geology of the South Coast (Inscription 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/a-tree-and-notes-on-the-geology-of-the-south-coast-inscription-by-turner-r1131089, accessed 25 April 2024.