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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Notes on the Royal Academy 1830

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Notes on the Royal Academy’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Notes on the Royal Academy 1830
D25647
Turner Bequest CCLXV 3
Pen and ink on white wove paper, 96 x 59 mm
Inscribed in brown ink by Turner ‘Or pecuniary assistance’ top
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘3’ bottom left descending
Inscribed in pencil ‘22’ beneath Turner’s inscription
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 3’ bottom left descending
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the right is the final part of a three-page inscription by Turner in brown ink continuing from folios 1 and 2 (D25644, D25646). The notes relate to the discussion at the Royal Academy about purchasing the Old Master drawings from the collection of the late President, Sir Thomas Lawrence. An explanation and transcription is on folio 1.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Notes on the Royal Academy 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-notes-on-the-royal-academy-r1134010, accessed 24 April 2024.