Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
D16778
Turner Bequest CXCIII 12
White wove paper covered with grey watercolour wash, 115 x 94 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXCIII 12’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
References
1909
A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.I, p.575.
Nicola Moorby
February 2011
How to cite
Nicola Moorby, ‘Blank by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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/joseph-mallord-william-turner-blank-r1138553, accessed 14 July 2025.