Joseph Mallord William Turner

Finberg subsequently annotated his 1909 Inventory entry (‘Gondolas passing the Barbarigo (?) Palace, Venice’), crossing out ‘Barbarigo (?)’ and adding ‘Balbi’ above.1 The Turner scholar C.F. Bell annotated another copy: ‘“Pal Barb”’.2 This may be a very slight, passing impression of the Palazzo Balbi, with its twin obelisk finials; compare folio 70 verso (D14450), where it is shown in detail.

The drawings on folios 37 verso–39 verso (D14384–D14388) are all of a similarly slight character, with more attention paid to the small craft than their settings. For other studies of boats in this sketchbook, see under the recto (D14383).