'A Coast Scene; Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner)', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Coast Scene; Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner)

From Hints River Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXLI

Date c.1815-20

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 88 x 114 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D40849

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Inside Front Cover:

A Coast Scene; Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1815–20

D40849
Turner Bequest

Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
Endorsed by the Executors of the Turner Bequest in ink ‘No 386 | 26 very slight leaves of pencil sketches’ and signed by Henry Scott Trimmer ‘H S Trimmer’ and by John Prescott Knight in pencil ‘JPK’ inside front cover
Isncribed by an unknown hand in pencil ‘CXLI’, stamped in black ‘CXLI’ and blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

A small coast scene with shipping in the bottom right corner belongs with six others sketched on folio 1 of the sketchbook (D10587). There are also at least two lists with arithmetic, including references to ‘expenses’ and ‘taxes’ but, as Finberg found, mostly indicipherable.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

Read this catalogue entry in full

This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.