Joseph Mallord William Turner

Inscription by Turner: ?Accounts

c.1834–6

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Fishing at the Weir Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 101 × 79 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D27753
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 16

Catalogue entry

With the page turned vertically, Turner has inscribed the following in an expansive hand:
130 ____
142        D
             12 Sept
_______
   May 10th
The significance of the figures and dates is unclear, but they appear to be typical notes of Turner’s financial transactions. This is one of a few miscellaneous pages of notes scattered through the sketchbook, as set out in the Introduction.
The blank recto is numbered by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ and stamped ‘CCLXXXI – 16’.
Technical notes:
There is offsetting from the soft pencil drawing on folio 15 verso opposite (D27752).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

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