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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) c.1812-13

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner)’ c.1812-13
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 106 Verso:
Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) c.1812–13
D09186
Turner Bequest CXXIX 106a
Ink on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry), top left,
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s figures read:
  90          4400         550
    5            630
450          5030
  90
540
This appears to be a financial calculation in which Turner works out the augmentation of a sum of 4400 by seven increments of 90 each.

David Hill
October 2008

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Arithmetic (Inscription by Turner) c.1812–13 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-arithmetic-inscription-by-turner-r1146909, accessed 25 April 2024.