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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription not by Turner: Title of Work 1792-3

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription not by Turner: Title of Work’ 1792-3
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inscription not by Turner: Title of Work 1792–3
D40221
Pencil on white wove paper, 255 x 199 mm
Inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘Corpus Christi | Oxford’ top right
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram towards top left
Inscribed in pencil ‘VIII. B.’ bottom right and ‘Recto D00116 verso D40221’ top left, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The inscription, not by Turner, refers to the subject on the recto (D00116; Turner Bequest VIII B).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription not by Turner: Title of Work 1792–3 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-not-by-turner-title-of-work-r1141316, accessed 21 November 2024.