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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscriptions by Turner: Numbering and Subject c.1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscriptions by Turner: Numbering and Subject’ c.1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inscriptions by Turner: Numbering and Subject c.1833
D40124
Gouache and pencil on blue paper, 140 x 195 mm
Inscribed by Turner in red gouache ‘[?5]’ (partly obscured by mount) top left and ‘St Germains en Laye’ above centre, and in pencil ‘8’ below the first number
Inscribed in pencil ‘CCLIX . 122’ at centre, and ‘[?19] | a’ towards bottom right
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram over ‘CCLIX – 122’ bottom right
This is the verso of St-Germain-en-Laye, a Wanderings by the Seine subject (D24687; Turner Bequest CCLIX 122). Turner’s gouache inscriptions on the backs of the series are not recorded in Finberg’s 1909 Inventory.1
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See A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.II, p.796.
Technical notes:
There is some reddish staining at lower right. The marks towards the bottom corners may be brush tests in blue watercolour.

Caroline South
November 2017

How to cite

Caroline South, ‘Inscriptions by Turner: Numbering and Subject c.1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscriptions-by-turner-numbering-and-subject-r1195826, accessed 14 May 2024.