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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?A Head 1796

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Head’ 1796
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
?A Head 1796
D00730
Turner Bequest XXX 1
Pencil on white laid paper, 108 x 126 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1’ bottom right (now faint)
Stamped in black ‘XXX 1’ bottom right
Finberg did not volunteer an opinion as to the subject of this elusive scribble. It may show a detail of Gothic ornament, perhaps in connection with Turner’s drawings at Chichester on folios 27 verso–28 recto, 33 verso, 34 recto and verso and 35 recto (D00756–D00757, D00764, D00766–D00768; Turner Bequest XXX 26a–27, 32a, 33, 33a, 34).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2011

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?A Head 1796 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-head-r1149681, accessed 25 April 2024.