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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dates &c (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dates &c (Inscriptions by Turner)’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Verso:
Dates &c (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1800–7
D05204
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 31a
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry) on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 31a’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The inscription reads:
     Monday.  School  7     21 
     Friday                 25
It probably records sessions of the Royal Academy Life Class where many drawings in this sketchbook must have been made. The larger numbers are perhaps of the attendees.

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Dates &c (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1800–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2004, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dates-c-inscriptions-by-turner-r1178384, accessed 25 April 2024.