Letter from J. M. W. Turner, Sandycombe, to A. B. Johns

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/1/112

Title

Letter from J. M. W. Turner, Sandycombe, to A. B. Johns

Date

c. 1840

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece, 4pp.

Previous reference codes

SB 82 c

Content Description

Turner sends Johns a copy of the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds; he will send Opie's letures too, but he is disappointed to find that he has scribbled in the margin. He also encloses a number of The Examiner, and gives his observations on the content.

Acquisition Details

Presented by Bernard Falk, 1938.

Bibliography

Published in The Collected Correspondence of A.B. Johns, ed. John Gage, Oxford, 1980, #52.