Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Buff parchment, approximately 189 x 584 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Morlaise | to Nantes’ centre front cover
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.II, p.751.
These are the buff parchment covers which have been removed from the main body of the sketchbook. The front cover bears the ink note ‘Morlaise | to Nantes’ which was Turner’s title for the sketchbook.
How to cite
John Chu, ‘Cover note 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cover-note-r1184980, accessed 07 July 2026.
