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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Notes 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Notes’ 1826 (Front cover of sketchbook)
Front cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Front Cover:
Notes 1826
D41040
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main entry)
Stamped in black ‘CCXLIX’ bottom right, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, the notes which Turner inscribed in the lower half of this cover record the main locations depicted within: namely the Loire Valley, Tours, Orléans, and Paris.

John Chu
May 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Notes 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-notes-r1185081, accessed 23 November 2024.