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 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cure for Gonorrhoea (Inscription by Turner) c.1809-14

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cure for Gonorrhoea (Inscription by Turner)’ c.1809-14
Folio 8 Recto:
A Cure for Gonorrhoea (Inscription by Turner) circa 1809–14
D07605
Turner Bequest CXI 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 88 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXI 8’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription concludes the recipe for a cure for gonorrhoea mainly written on the verso (D07606), for which see catalogue entry for a full transcription and comment.

David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Cure for Gonorrhoea (Inscription by Turner) c.1809–14’, catalogue entry, April 2011, 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/a-cure-for-gonorrhoea-inscription-by-turner-r1131092, accessed 21 November 2024.