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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Downs c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Downs’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
Downs circa 1806–10
D05739
Turner Bequest XCII 20
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 2o’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The location is unidentified.
There is vertical crease, near the centre of the sheet.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Downs c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-downs-r1131058, accessed 22 November 2024.