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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Numbered Grid c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Numbered Grid’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
A Numbered Grid c.1789
D00033
Turner Bequest II 18
Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Squared and inscribed by Turner in pencil with numerals ‘1’ to ‘8’ up left edge and ‘1’ to ‘12’ [?‘13’ no longer legible] along top edge
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘18’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 18’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Compare folio 19 recto (D00035)

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Numbered Grid c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-numbered-grid-r1140188, accessed 18 May 2024.