Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Man Fishing and Figures in a Boat; Inscriptions by Turner

1808–20

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Tabley No.3 Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 108 x 185 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D40628

Catalogue entry

Turner’s notes read:

12 300 Nvy P      14 Oct 1820
  6 122   50 P
           3 Nov 1820

72
72
20
20
14
14
20
  238

3 | 238
   ¯¯¯¯
     79
      4
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
    318

3 18 yds 15
           8
          23
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

18

These figures seem to record financial transactions, including Navy Notes, and dimensions. The latter are likely to relate to work to Turner’s Queen Anne Street West gallery, for which there are a number of drawings and plans in the sketchbook (see Introduction).

David Blayney Brown
February 2011

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