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
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
Inscription by Turner 1819
D13965
Turner Bequest CLXXII 18 v
Pencil on white wove paper, 100 x 99 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Janic and ?Lav next to Lun | Parcel of Books’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains an inscription by Turner dating from his 1819 trip to Rome. The full meaning is not clear but he may be referring to the fact that the Janiculum Hill, one of the tallest hills in the city, can be found alongside the Lungotevere, the thoroughfare running alongside the River Tiber.

Nicola Moorby
July 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Inscription by Turner 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, 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-r1138786, accessed 24 April 2024.