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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Midlands 1794-1802 > Marford Mill Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sketch c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sketch’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Recto:
A Sketch c.1794
D00280
Turner Bequest XX 17
Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Major Frazer | April 6 1 Hour & Half | 8 Lessons’ top centre
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘17’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XX 17’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The faint sketch is towards the bottom of the page; its subject, formed form cursive lines, is unclear. See introductory note to this sketchbook on this early record of Turner as drawing master. The lists of drawing tools on folios 29 verso and 39 recto (D00300, D00318) are presumably connected with this enterprise.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Sketch c.1794 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-a-sketch-r1140673, accessed 26 April 2024.