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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Printed Page of Coltman's 'British Itinerary' c.1811

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 140 Recto:
Printed Page of Coltman’s ‘British Itinerary’
D08626
Turner Bequest CXXIII 137
Engraved text (see main catalogue entry) on white wove printing paper, 117 x 75 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘137’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 137’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The printed text comprises sections 236 to 238 of the ‘Direct Roads from London’ section of the British Itinerary. For a concordance of its interleaved pages, see the introduction to the sketchbook.
Technical notes:
An ink blot is showing through at the centre left from the inscription on the verso (D08627).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Printed Page of Coltman’s ‘British Itinerary’ by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-printed-page-of-coltmans-british-itinerary-r1137103, accessed 29 March 2024.