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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Printed Page of Coltman's 'British Itinerary'’ c.1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 214 Recto:
Printed Page of Coltman’s ‘British Itinerary’
D08748
Turner Bequest CXXIII 211
Engraved text (see main catalogue entry) on white wove printing paper, 117 x 75 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘211’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 211’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The printed text comprises sections 49 to 51 of the ‘Principal Cross Roads’ section of the British Itinerary. For a concordance of its interleaved pages, see the introduction to the sketchbook.

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-r1137226, accessed 26 April 2024.