1909
A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.I, p.596, CXCV 176, as ‘Three glass balls, with reflections’.
1966
Lawrence Gowing, Turner: Imagination and Reality, exhibition catalogue, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1966, pp.22 reproduced as ‘Reflecting Metal Spheroids’, 23, 61.
1980
Judy Egerton [and Clifford Ellis], ‘JMWT PP’: A Selection of Drawings Made by Turner to Illustrate his Royal Academy Lectures as Professor of Perspective, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1980, p.[6], as ‘Three glass spheres...’.
1992
Maurice Davies, Turner as Professor: The Artist and Linear Perspective, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1992, p.53.
1994
Maurice William Davies, ‘J.M.W. Turner’s Approach to Perspective in His Royal Academy Lectures of 1811’, unpublished Ph.D thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art, London 1994, p.265.
1998
Jonathan Miller, Mirror Image; Jonathan Miller On Reflection, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery, London 1998, p.211 reproduced in colour.
2004
Andrea Fredericksen, Vanishing Point: The Perspective Drawings of J.M.W. Turner, exhibition catalogue, Tate Britain, London 2004, p.24, reproduced in colour pl.19.
2006
Helen Dorey, ‘Turner and Soane: Illuminating a Friendship’, Turner Society News, No.104, December 2006, pp.11, 15 note 9.
2007
Helen Dorey, John Soane & J.M.W. Turner: Illuminating a Friendship, exhibition catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London 2007, p.25 reproduced in colour.