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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Blank c.1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Blank
D20485
Turner Bequest CCXXIV 178
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘178’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXXIV – 178’ bottom left, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Technical Notes:
The sheet is attached to D20483 (Turner Bequest CCXXIV 177) along the top edge, from which it is divided by a horizontal crease.
Verso:
See entry for Tate D20486 (Turner Bequest CCXXIV 178 v).

John Chu
March 2016

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Blank by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-blank-r1185482, accessed 22 November 2024.