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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Plans and Dimensions 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Plans and Dimensions’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Plans and Dimensions 1809
D07884
Turner Bequest CXIII 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 83 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘6’ alongside rectangles at left and right, ‘2’ and ‘4’ alongside smaller rectangle at upper centre, ‘677’ below and ‘6’ by two rectangles at right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXIII 20’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These plans, probably for an elevation with a door with windows to the side and above, are presumably for Sandycombe Lodge; see Introduction to the sketchbook and note to folio 13 (D07872).
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David Blayney Brown
July 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Plans and Dimensions 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-plans-and-dimensions-r1135840, accessed 25 April 2024.