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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: A Midlands Itinerary 1794

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Midlands Itinerary’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Inscription by Turner: A Midlands Itinerary 1794
D00209
Turner Bequest XIX 3
Pen and brown ink on white wove paper, 181 x 111 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pen and brown ink with notes including place names (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XIX 3’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The page, turned vertically, is taken up with the following notes in ink:
to the Easward [sic] of Shifneal is Tong a.
magnfluent [sic] Castle and Church in the style
of a Cathedrail at the Foot of a mountain
Calld Wrekin near the Severn Buildwas
Abby.. Shrewsbury a Castle Abby.
..two Bridges <...> Wrexham a
[?stately] Church Chirch [sic] on the left
between W & Eelemere [sic] on the
northern bank of the river Dee
near Chirk Dinas Bran
Chester a Bridge of Twelve .A.
a Tower on the B – a Town Hall
a Cathedrail 8 P Churches – the Wall
in a Square Form with walks on the top
a large ancient Castle several Gates
South of C- a Rock with a Figure in a
Field. Pallas. Shotwick the r of a Castle
Eas[t]ham an elegant B by Inigo Jones.
[?‘Helbury’ or ‘Melbury’]. a Priory eastward of Leek is
In his transcription, Finberg conjectures that ‘Helbury’ is Helsby. The rectos between folio 2 (D00208) and folio 6 (D00212) are filled with similar notes.
Technical notes:
Finberg notes ‘Probably a line cut off’,1 referring to the outer edge of the page, where Turner’s text ends in mid-sentence.
1
Finberg 1909, I, p.27.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Midlands Itinerary 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-a-midlands-itinerary-r1140726, accessed 16 April 2024.