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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Marine subjects c.1803-14 > Shipwreck (2) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: A Note c.1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Note’ c.1805 (Back cover of sketchbook)
Back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Back Cover:
Inscription by Turner: A Note circa 1805
D40700
Ink on marbled paper sketchbook cover, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by ?Turner in ink ‘Catalogue | of Mr Cookes Drawings’ centre, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As discussed in the sketchbook’s introduction, this inscription may have been made at a rather later date. It is inverted relative to the book’s foliation.

Matthew Imms
November 2012

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Note c.1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 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-a-note-r1140460, accessed 26 April 2024.