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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Notes on Light and Shade (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Notes on Light and Shade (Inscriptions by Turner)’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Notes on Light and Shade (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809
D07773
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry) on white wove paper, 107 x 180 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These notes on light and shade in pictures are continued from the recto (D07772), for which see catalogue note for a full transcription and comment.
They occupy the right half of the leaf, which has been folded vertically at the centre.

David Blayney Brown
June 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Notes on Light and Shade (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-light-and-shade-inscriptions-by-turner-r1135726, accessed 26 April 2024.