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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Diagram of Small Rectangles Alternating with Numerals c.1789

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Diagram of Small Rectangles Alternating with Numerals c.1789
D40741
Turner Bequest II 25
Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘1’, ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘1’, ‘1’, ‘1’, ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘1’ centre right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The diagram may represent a scheme of fenestration. Compare folio 1 recto (D00010) and the verso of this leaf (D00043).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Diagram of Small Rectangles Alternating with Numerals c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-diagram-of-small-rectangles-alternating-with-numerals-r1140198, accessed 29 March 2024.