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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscriptions by Turner circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscriptions by Turner’ circa 1809-11
Folio 88 Recto:
Inscriptions by Turner circa 1809–11
D07732
Turner Bequest CXI 88
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 88 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘88’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXI 80’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription reads: ‘6 of G. 1 Cat/ belongs to the time of 401’

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Inscriptions by Turner c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, May 2011, 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/inscriptions-by-turner-r1131219, accessed 17 July 2025.