Turner Bequest and Wornum's Work Diaries

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 345 NGA2/3/2
  • Former Reference
      GB 345 NG32/58
  • Dates of Creation
      [c1861]
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      47 items

Scope and Content

This series was originally a bundle of papers labelled "The Turner Gallery by R N Wornum and other papers etc connected with Turner's Will and bequest to the National Gallery". The papers and correspondence were gathered together by Wornum for the publication of 'The Turner Gallery: A series of Sixty Engravings from the Principal Works of J.M.W. Turner. With a Memoir and Illustrative Text' by R.N. Wornum, & c. Folio. London, J.S. Virtue, 1862. It also includes Wornum's Diary and loose papers found inside it.

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