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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: A Place Name ?1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Place Name’ ?1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
Inscription by Turner: A Place Name ?1794
D00245
Turner Bequest XIX 34
Pen and brown ink on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pen and brown ink ‘Wollaton Hall’ above centre
Stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘34’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XIX 34’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The inscription (inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, and perhaps added by Turner at a later date) identifies the subject of the drawing on the verso of this leaf (D00246).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Place Name ?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-place-name-r1140763, accessed 25 April 2024.