Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Tabley No.1 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 226 × 299 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D40065

Catalogue entry

This leaf is detached from the sketchbook and mounted separately.
This is the verso of Tate D06851; Turner Bequest CIII 21, to which the inscription refers. It reads: ‘J.M.W. Turner as Sketch in the manner of the “Liber Studiorum” | CIII 21 Landscape with trees and Small bridge. Little classical temple in the distance | Out of Schedule 272’.

David Blayney Brown
July 2010

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