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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Commentary on Nicolas Poussin's 'Deluge' (Inscription by Turner) 1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Commentary on Nicolas Poussin’s ‘Deluge’ (Inscription by Turner) 1802
D04328
Turner Bequest LXXII 42
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry and folio 41 verso of this sketchbook, D04237) on white wove paper prepared with a dark reddish brown wash, 128 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXII–42’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s remarks here conclude those begun on folio 41 verso of this sketchbook (D04237), for which see catalogue entry for a full transcription.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
July 2005

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Commentary on Nicolas Poussin’s ‘Deluge’ (Inscription by Turner) 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2005, 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-commentary-on-nicolas-poussins-deluge-inscription-by-turner-r1129737, accessed 19 September 2024.