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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800 > Smaller South Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Name of Sketchbook c.1795

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: Name of Sketchbook’ c.1795 (Front cover of sketchbook)
Front cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Front Cover:
Inscription by Turner: Name of Sketchbook c.1795
D40755
Pen and ink on brown leather over board, 140 x 210 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘South Wales’ bottom centre, upside down,
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The inscription is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: Name of Sketchbook c.1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-name-of-sketchbook-r1140779, accessed 21 November 2024.