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 > Views in Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner) ?1816-17

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner)’ ?1816-17
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner) ?1816–17
D10337
Turner Bequest CXXXVIII 14a
Pencil on white wove paper, 200 x 312 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscriptions read:
2891      9 May 17–15 
5709     18 Nov 17–10 
2512     29 Nov 16– 10 
19186     6 Dec 16– 
   90 
The verso of D10336; Turner Bequest CXXXVIII 14. Finberg described this side of the leaf as ‘stuck down tight on cartridge’ and explained that he read Turner’s notes by holding it up to the light. They are now exposed and can be seen to differ somewhat from his transcription.

David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner) ?1816–17 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, 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/joseph-mallord-william-turner-accounts-inscriptions-by-turner-r1131381, accessed 24 November 2024.