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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: A Note Concerning Artists' Materials 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Note Concerning Artists' Materials’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Verso:
Inscription by Turner: A Note Concerning Artists’ Materials 1801
D40807
Ink on white laid paper, 158 x 98 mm
Partial watermark ‘17’
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Not sent’ towards top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The page is blank, except for Turner’s inscription ‘Not sent’, subsequently scored through, which qualifies ‘Large Varnish Brush’ in the list of artist’s materials and prices dated 19 March 1801 on folio 6 recto opposite (D03741).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

Revised by Matthew Imms
April 2015

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Note Concerning Artists’ Materials 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, revised by Matthew Imms, April 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-a-note-concerning-artists-materials-r1178438, accessed 23 April 2024.