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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Arithmetic (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Arithmetic (Inscriptions by Turner)’ c.1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
Arithmetic (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1805
D05439
Turner Bequest LXXXVIII 12
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry) on cream laid paper, 189 x 119 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘LXXXVIII 12’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s accounts are as follows:
 128 
  31 
  25 
   6 
   6 
   1 
  20 
 ___ 
 217 
  18 
 ___ 
 235 
There is no indication of what these figures relate to, but possibly it is to proceeds of subscriptions for Charles Turner’s mezzotint of The Shipwreck, first advertised in 1805 and published in 1807, lists of subscribers and related accounts for which are in the concurrent Shipwreck (1) sketchbook (Tate D05376–D05427; D40694–D40696; Turner Bequest LXXXVII).
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David Blayney Brown
February 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Arithmetic (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2006, 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-arithmetic-inscriptions-by-turner-r1139220, accessed 25 April 2024.