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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Tour of Yorkshire 1816 > Yorkshire 1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner c.1816

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner’ c.1816 (Front cover of sketchbook)
Front cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Front Cover:
Inscription by Turner c.1816
D40846
Sketchbook cover, 154 x 97 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Yorkshire 1’ on cover, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This appears to have originally been the back cover of the sketchbook, but according to the page-numbering of the contents, now presents as the front.

David Blaney Brown
August 2013

How to cite

David Blaney Brown, ‘Inscription by Turner c.1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-r1144231, accessed 24 November 2024.