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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Scotch Antiquities Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Description of Sketchbook c.1818

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: Description of Sketchbook’ c.1818 (Front cover of sketchbook)
Front cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Front Cover:
Inscription by Turner: Description of Sketchbook c.1818
D40914
Ink on cardboard sketchbook cover, 120 x 193 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Scotch Work’ bottom centre, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The inscription is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation.

Matthew Imms
November 2012

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Inscription by Turner: Description of Sketchbook c.1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2012, 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-inscription-by-turner-description-of-sketchbook-r1140390, accessed 21 November 2024.