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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: A Date c.1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Date’ c.1805 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
Inscription by Turner: A Date circa1805
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Ink on cream laid paper, 119 x 189 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘January . 17 1805’ centre left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The note was made near the gutter with the page turned vertically.

Matthew Imms
November 2012

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Date circa1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2012, 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-inscription-by-turner-a-date-r1140459, accessed 21 November 2024.