'Indications of Transfer Process', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Indications of Transfer Process

From V. Miscellaneous Preparatory Perspective Material

Date c.1810

MediumInk wash on paper

Dimensionssupport: 540 x 380 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D40004

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Indications of Transfer Process circa 1810

D40004

Transfer ink on white laid paper, 540 x 380 mm
Watermarked ‘J WHATMAN’
Inscribed by an unknown hand in pencil ‘91a’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

These indications of Turner’s transfer process are on the back of his preparatory drawing of a Tuscan column (Tate D17061; Turner Bequest CXCV 91).

Andrea Fredericksen
June 2004

Supported by The Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Revised by David Blayney Brown
January 2012

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.

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