The Morgan sketchbook was not dated by Ruskin; an unknown hand (perhaps Sharp’s) has inscribed it as an  Early drawing book of sketches by J. Ruskin (done in 1831-32)  However, if the Bembridge sketchbook--at least according to the elderly Ruskin’s testimony (see Dearden, Facets, p. 89)--was in use during those two years, it seems likely that the first book was used for sketching primarily in 1831 and thereafter recycled for note-taking and more sketching, while the Morgan sketchbook was exclusively devoted to sketching the 1832 tour. The contents of the latter match well with the tour limited to the southeast, an itenerary recorded by John James as  1832  Sevenoaks, Dover from 22 May to 30 June; Hastings to 19 July  (qtd. in Dearden, ibid., p. 87). This would have allowed Ruskin considerable time for the, at least, fifteen sketches, annotated by him contemporaneously as follows (Content):