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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: ?Places and Dates 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: ?Places and Dates’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Inscription by Turner: ?Places and Dates 1845
D35530
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 25
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXI – 25’ top right, ascending vertically
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Paris C...] | Bod[... ?Augt – I...]’ at top
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Little can be made of Turner’s working notes, inscribed with the page turned and amended at least once, with the first word, possibly ‘Paris’, crossed out and another beginning with ‘B’ added below. They may relate to potential travel arrangements during Turner’s autumn 1845 tour of France, although in the event his itinerary was restricted to Normandy and adjacent parts of Picardy, as discussed in the overall Introduction to this tour.
Technical notes:
There is some brown staining at the gutter, possibly indicating water damage in the 1928 Tate flood.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Inscription by Turner: ?Places and Dates 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-places-and-dates-r1183952, accessed 26 April 2024.