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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Naples: Rome. C. Studies Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Blank 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Recto:
Blank
D16145
Turner Bequest CLXXXVII 57
Grey watercolour wash on white wove paper, 255 x 403 mm
Traces of inscription in red ink top right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXVII 57’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Technical notes:
The Naples, Rome C. Studies sketchbook was partially rebound in 1935. This leaf was perhaps originally folio 55 (see the concordance in the introduction).
Verso:
Blank except for traces of grey watercolour wash; stamped in black ‘CLXXXVII 57’ and Turner Bequest monogram bottom left.

Nicola Moorby
March 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Blank by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2010, 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-blank-r1132407, accessed 21 August 2025.