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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Indications of Transfer Process c.1810

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Indications of Transfer Process’ c.1810
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Indications of Transfer Process circa 1810
D40018
Transfer ink on white wove paper, 674 x 1004 mm
Watermarked ‘J WHATMAN | 1808’
Inscribed by unknown hand in pencil ‘98’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These indications of Turner’s transfer process are on the back of Diagram 51 (Tate D17069; Turner Bequest CXCV 99). Turner traced the outlines of the drawing of the perspective construction of a Doric entablature to create the guiding lines for Diagram 50 (Tate D17067; Turner Bequest CXCV 97).

Andrea Fredericksen
June 2004

Supported by The Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Revised by David Blayney Brown
January 2012

How to cite

Andrea Fredericksen, ‘Indications of Transfer Process c.1810 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2004, revised by David Blayney Brown, January 2012, 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-indications-of-transfer-process-r1136518, accessed 23 September 2024.