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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Title of Sketchbook c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Label on Spine:
Inscription by Turner: Title of Sketchbook c.1827
D41060
Inscribed by Turner in black ink ‘PETWORTH’ along centre of red leather spine
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription runs along the spine of the bound sketchbook. For more information about its contents, relating to Petworth House, Sussex, see the Introduction.
Elizabeth Jacklin
December 2018

How to cite

‘Inscription by Turner: Title of Sketchbook c.1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2024, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-title-of-sketchbook-r1207266, accessed 09 January 2025.