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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner)’ circa 1809-11
Folio 14 Recto:
Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) circa 1809–11
D07613
Turner Bequest CXI 14
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 88 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘14’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXI 14’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription reads:
            5000 
             400 S 
            1000 F 
             400 L 
            6800 
             200  R 
             100 
            7100                       1200 
            2000                        800 
            9100                        400 
            2400                       2400 
            6700 
   ad Half  1300 
            8000 
   5                                    400 
These financial transactions, estimates or receipts include sums owed or paid by Walter Fawkes (‘F’) and, presumably, Sir John Leicester (‘L’). See also folio 50 of the sketchbook (D07671) where ‘Fawkes’ is noted alongside a sum of 1200 and ‘Sir J’ by one of 400.
Verso:
Mainly blank but with a very slight continuation of the subject on folio 15 (D07614).

David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, April 2011, 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/arithmetic-inscription-by-turner-r1131100, accessed 22 November 2024.