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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscriptions by Turner: A List of Commercial Premises 1791

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Verso:
Inscriptions by Turner: A List of Commercial Premises 1791
D00090
Turner Bequest VI 14a
Pencil on white wove paper, 263 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘The Grove Coffee House | The Grove House Bording | G T Rappel | Dealer in Foreign Spritous Li [‘Licquors’ inserted above] | Jno Witaker | Heath Ormond & Bradford | Milliners | Heath Ormond & Bradford d d’ in top half of page, ‘[?Trappel]’ towards bottom right, and with symbol (perhaps a mason’s mark) centre left
Stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The notes were made with the page turned vertically.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscriptions by Turner: A List of Commercial Premises 1791 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-inscriptions-by-turner-a-list-of-commercial-premises-r1140141, accessed 26 April 2024.