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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Courtroom Scene; Clerk, Chairman of the Jury and Other Figures c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Courtroom Scene; Clerk, Chairman of the Jury and Other Figures’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
Courtroom Scene; Clerk, Chairman of the Jury and Other Figures circa 1805–9
D06438
Turner Bequest XCIX 48
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Clerk of the Court Chairman of Jury..... payers of Rents Villain Lawyers Roving session’ below image
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘48’.....
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 48’....
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See folio 51 verso (D06437; Turner Bequest XCIX 47a) for a related courtroom scene, with comment.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Courtroom Scene; Clerk, Chairman of the Jury and Other Figures c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-courtroom-scene-clerk-chairman-of-the-jury-and-other-figures-r1130633, accessed 12 February 2025.