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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome to Rimini Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Blank 1828-9

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Blank’ 1828-9
Folio 2 Recto:
Blank 1828–9
D14835
Turner Bequest CLXXVIII 2
Pencil on white laid paper, 97 x 32 mm, extended with modern white laid paper to standard sketchbook width of 132 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘2’ bottom right of original portion
Stamped in black ‘CLXXVIII – 2’ towards left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although Finberg considered that it bears a ‘Slight sketch’,1 the remnant of the torn-out page is effectively blank, except for the mirror imprint of the pencil lines from folio 1 verso opposite (D14834), which is thought to depict the Church of Santissima Trinità dei Monti in Rome.
1
Finberg 1909, I, p.324.
Verso:
Blank, except for a pencil squiggle towards the bottom of the page, as foliated.
Technical notes:
The remnant of the torn-out page is uneven, extending to a maximum width of 32 mm. It has been made good with modern laid paper, increasing the full 132 mm of the intact leaves.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Blank 1828–9’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/blank-r1210209, accessed 15 April 2025.