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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Notes from 'The Elements of Architecture' by Sir Henry Wotton (Inscription by Turner) circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Notes from 'The Elements of Architecture' by Sir Henry Wotton (Inscription by Turner)’ circa 1809-11
Folio 91 Verso:
Notes from ‘The Elements of Architecture’ by Sir Henry Wotton (Inscription by Turner) circa 1809–11
D07739
Turner Bequest CXI 91a
Pencil on white wove paper, 34 x 110 mm (irregular)
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Most of this leaf is torn out, presumably by Turner himself. A short inscription, written on the stub, continues the remarks on expression in painting and sculpture and the colouring of statues on folio 92 of the sketchbook (D07740). See notes to D07740 for a full transcription and comment.

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Notes from ‘The Elements of Architecture’ by Sir Henry Wotton (Inscription by Turner) c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, May 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/notes-from-the-elements-of-architecture-by-sir-henry-wotton-inscription-by-turner-r1131226, accessed 23 September 2024.