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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner’ 1819 (Back cover of sketchbook)
Back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Back Cover:
Inscription by Turner 1819
D40857
Turner Bequest
Black ink on paper covered boards, 378 x 233 mm
Inscribed by the artist in black ink ‘Rome’ centre right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Recto:
Inside back cover, blank except for traces of grey watercolour wash; stamped in black ‘CLXXXIX’ top centre.

Nicola Moorby
June 2009

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Inscription by Turner 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2009, 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-inscription-by-turner-r1132451, accessed 24 April 2024.