Joseph Mallord William Turner

Richmond Bridge; Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner)

c.1815–18

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Hints River Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 88 × 114 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D10598
Turner Bequest CXLI 9

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Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 8 verso (D10597), for which see catalogue note.

Turner’s inscriptions, hurriedly written, are as follows:

In the left column:

            4


           52
            9
         4725
          260
           20
         4985
          249 – 5

At centre:

         120
          16
         136

At mid right:

         120
          16
          15 (crossed out)
           5 (crossed out)
         136
          30
          14
         170

At far right:

         100
          60
         700

               25
              300
              200
              525

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

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