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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Unidentified Subject c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Unidentified Subject’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Verso:
Unidentified Subject circa 1806–10
D40633
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 216 x 153 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘150. Invent[ory]’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This small sketch is too slight to identify.

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Unidentified Subject c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-unidentified-subject-r1131043, accessed 21 November 2024.