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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Routes and Distances (Inscriptions by Turner) 1808

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Routes and Distances (Inscriptions by Turner)’ 1808 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
Routes and Distances (Inscriptions by Turner) 1808
D07256
Turner Bequest CVII
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry) on white wove paper, 109 x 186 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s notes read:
Knutsford          to Litchfield by Congleton 73 
Ashby              to Otley                      97 
Alt[rincham]                8 
Manch[ester]               12 
Roch[dale]                 13 
Hali[ifa]x                 18 
Brad[ford]                  8 
                            70 
Turner notes places and distances, and routes from Knutsford, near Tabley where he stayed with Sir John Leicester, and to Otley for his first visit to Walter Fawkes at Farnley Hall. Two other routes from Manchester to Otley are on folio 1 of the sketchbook (D07257).

David Blayney Brown
October 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Routes and Distances (Inscriptions by Turner) 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2010, 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/joseph-mallord-william-turner-routes-and-distances-inscriptions-by-turner-r1136013, accessed 20 September 2024.