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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner)’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Second Rear Flyleaf; Verso:
Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) 1802
D04267
Turner Bequest LXXI 65a
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry) on white laid paper, 112 x 187 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Numbered Finberg as folio 65a of this sketchbook, this has since been rebound as the verso of the second of two rear flyleaves. Turner’s inscription records a bill or account:
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3  10 
1  15 
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David Blayney Brown
April 2003

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2003, 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-arithmetic-inscription-by-turner-r1133830, accessed 23 April 2024.