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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Notes on Artists' Materials c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: Notes on Artists' Materials’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Recto:
Inscription by Turner: Notes on Artists’ Materials c.1794
D00318
Turner Bequest XX 39
Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with notes (see main catalogue entry) at top
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘39’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XX 39’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The upper quarter of the page is taken up with the following notes in pencil:
Wood Slab Ink Brushes I Rubbr
Bells Ink B – Slab Book |
Atkinson I Rubbr | Purdy I Rubbr Book
[?Dures] Pencil | Brushes’
See the introduction to the sketchbook for this and another note on artists’ materials.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram top left.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: Notes on Artists’ Materials c.1794 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-notes-on-artists-materials-r1140711, accessed 24 April 2024.