Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook

Currently not on view

Sketchbook,

late 1780s–early 1790s

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851; born London, England; died Chelsea, England
x1957-1

Information

Title
Sketchbook
Dates

late 1780s–early 1790s

Maker
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Medium
Sketchbook: Laid paper bound in vellum Drawings: Pen and ink with gray wash over graphite
Dimensions
album: 16.5 × 20.6 × 3.2 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/8 × 1 1/4 in.) sheet (each): 13.3 × 18.4 cm (5 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles J. Mosmann Jr., Class of 1950
Object Number
x1957-1
Culture
British
Type
sketchbooks, drawings
Materials
graphite, laid paper, ink, vellum (skin), wash
Subject
trees, landscapes (representations), churches, figures (representations), legs

Ex coll. John Ruskin

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