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 5 Recto:
Inscription by Turner: A Midlands Itinerary 1794
D00211
Turner Bequest XIX 5
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 ‘5’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XIX 5’ 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:
Derby.
near. which is Dale Abbey –
Nottingham 3 Churches St Mary Gothic
a large Castle. romantic situated
in the markit Place one end Justice
the other a Cross supported by 4
Doric Columns. a Bridge of 19
Arches Linton a Mile from N a Abby
At Southhill or Soutwell is a
Collegiate Church there is remains
a Battlements tower of a Castle N
Newark. a Bridge a Gothic Church
and Castle a[t] Stamford R of a Castle
a[t] Crowland a trangular [sic] Bridge
pure Gothic Great part of the Abby still
remains the Steeple with the West isle
with carv’d Figure Peterbourgh Cathedred [sic]
Fotheringar [sic] near Castor remains a Stately
The rectos between folio 2 (D00208) and folio 6 (D00212) are filled with similar notes.
Technical notes:
Finberg notes ‘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-r1140728, accessed 25 April 2024.