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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1831 > Fort Augustus Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Blank c.1831

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Blank’ c.1831 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
Blank
D27045
Turner Bequest CCLXXVI 48
Off-white laid writing paper, 183 x 150 mm irregular
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘48’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVI 48’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The foot of this blank page is quite scuffed, unsurprisingly; it was used by Turner as the back cover of the sketchbook.
Verso:
Blank
As this sketchbook has no covers, this final page serves as the back cover. As a consequence it has become dirty with a few brown marks and the foot of the page is scuffed.

Thomas Ardill
April 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Blank by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-r1135410, accessed 04 April 2026.