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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Plans; Inscriptions by Turner c.1818-20

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Plans; Inscriptions by Turner’ c.1818-20
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 62 Verso:
Plans; Inscriptions by Turner circa 1818–20
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Turner Bequest CV 55a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with various measurements and arithmetic (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are two plans, and a number of dimensions and calculations, all made with the sketchbook inverted. Presumable these are connected with Turner’s various plans for a picture gallery; see Introduction for Turner’s new gallery behind his house in Queen Anne Street West, opened in 1822.
The inscriptions are as follows. Across the top of the sheet:
50            20            17  –  34 
17             7     119     6     11       66 
               4                             4 
              ¯¯ 
             476      23.6                 264    13     4 
Against the left-hand plan: ‘12’ and ‘6 yd’ running vertically at either side and ‘10’ and ‘3 ½’ below it.
At lower left:
19 yd wanting 
 6 
¯¯ 
132 
 
 14 
  8 
¯¯¯ 
112       2 

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Plans; Inscriptions by Turner c.1818–20 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, 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-plans-inscriptions-by-turner-r1134591, accessed 19 April 2024.