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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45 > Colnaghi's Account Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Printed French Calendar for January-June 1829 (Recto) 1829-30

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Printed French Calendar for January-June 1829 (Recto)’ 1829-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Printed French Calendar for January–June 1829 (Recto)
D41058
Printed text on white wove paper, tipped onto blank white laid paper page (D22557), 90 x 160 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘CCXLII’ centre left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As noted in the Introduction, this calendar for 1829 suggests that this sketchbook was produced in France as a notebook in anticipation of that year. The six monthly columns on this side, beginning with ‘JANVIER 1829’ and headed by corresponding images of the Zodiac signs, tabulate abbreviated days of the weeks and days of the month with saints’ days or other festivals in the Christian year.
Neither side of the calendar bears any drawing or inscription by Turner. It is tipped into the book by its verso (D41059) near the gutter on folio 1 recto (D22557).

Matthew Imms
May 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Printed French Calendar for January–June 1829 (Recto) by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2014, 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-printed-french-calendar-for-january-june-1829-recto-r1148331, accessed 23 April 2024.