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

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I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams c.1810

Turner Bequest CXCV 55–80, 82, 84–90, 92–7, 99, 100, 102–4, 106, 109, 113–26, 128, 129, 130, 144, 145, 150–3, 163–5, 169–74
See Royal Academy Perspective Lectures: Sketchbook, Diagrams and Related Material circa 1809–28. The diagrams in the present subset were numbered by Turner in the order in which they were to be shown during his lectures as Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy. They are thought to have been made for the first course of lectures, given from early in 1811. A concordance of Turner’s numbered subjects (and thus not including unnumbered versos) and the numbering in Finberg’s Inventory follows:
Lecture DiagramTateTurner Bequest
1D17135CXCV 164
2D17136CXCV 165
3D17121CXCV 150
4D17122CXCV 151
4D17123CXCV 152
5D17124CXCV 153
6D17115CXCV 144
7D17116CXCV 145
8D17025CXCV 55
8/1D17140CXCV 169
8/2D17141CXCV 170
8/3D17142CXCV 171
8/9D17143CXCV 172
10D17144CXCV 173
10D17134CXCV 163
11D17145CXCV 174
12D17026CXCV 56
13D17027CXCV 57
14D17028CXCV 58
15D17029CXCV 59
16/47D17064CXCV 94
17D17030CXCV 60
18D17031CXCV 61
19D17032CXCV 62
20D17033CXCV 63
21D17034CXCV 64
22D17035CXCV 65
22D17036CXCV 66
23D17037CXCV 67
24D17038CXCV 68
25D17039CXCV 69
26D17040CXCV 70
27D17041CXCV 71
28D17042CXCV 72
29D17043CXCV 73
30D17044CXCV 74
31D17045CXCV 75
32D17046CXCV 76
33D17047CXCV 77
34D17048CXCV 78
35D17049CXCV 79
36D17050CXCV 80
36D17052CXCV 82
37D17054CXCV 84
38D17055CXCV 85
39D17056CXCV 86
40*D17057CXCV 87
40D17058CXCV 88
41D17059CXCV 89
41D17060CXCV 90
42D17062CXCV 92
43D17063CXCV 93
48D17065CXCV 95
49D17066CXCV 96
50D17067CXCV 97
51D17069CXCV 99
52D17070CXCV 100
52*D17072CXCV 102
53D17073CXCV 103
54D17074CXCV 104
55D17076CXCV 106
56D17079CXCV 109
58D17083CXCV 113
59D17084CXCV 114
60D17085CXCV 115
61D17086CXCV 116
62D17087CXCV 117
63D17088CXCV 118
64D17089CXCV 119
65D17090CXCV 120
66D17091CXCV 121
67/68D17092CXCV 122
69D17093CXCV 123
70D17094CXCV 124
71D17095CXCV 124a
72D17096CXCV 125
73D17097CXCV 126
73+D17100CXCV 129
75D17099CXCV 128
76D17101CXCV 130

Andrea Fredericksen
June 2004

Revised by David Blayney Brown
January 2012

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Andrea Fredericksen, ‘I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams c.1810’, subset, June 2004, revised by David Blayney Brown, January 2012, 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/i-numbered-perspective-diagrams-r1136457, accessed 18 April 2024.