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

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Thomas Girtin 1775–1802

Folio 47 Recto:

Pompey’s Tomb c.1794–8

D36460
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 47

Pencil and grey and blue wash on white wove paper, 242 x 179 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 495 x 363 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘47’ on mount, bottom right, descending vertically
Inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘“Pompey’s Tomb”’ on mount, bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 47’ on mount, bottom left, descending vertically

 

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856