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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Colour Notes 1792

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: Colour Notes’ 1792
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inscription by Turner: Colour Notes 1792
D40231
Inscribed by Turner in pencil on white laid card, 140 x 121 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed in pencil in modern hands ‘146a’ centre left, and ‘XVII.Q’ and ‘recto D00192 / verso D40231’ bottom centre
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inscribed by Turner in pencil:
In the Shadow the [?stones] the same
some umber and S Green the Broken
parts umber and Bister’, continuing in brush and grey ‘the Distance
part a Blue Green Sap and B
The notes relate to the study on the recto (D00192; Turner Bequest XVII Q).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: Colour Notes 1792 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-inscription-by-turner-colour-notes-r1140326, accessed 27 April 2024.