Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rivers Meuse and Moselle Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 118 × 78 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D20050
Turner Bequest CCXVI 254

Catalogue entry

These extremely rough sketches, more an assemblage of irregular marks, are thought to show ‘views’, perhaps of a river or harbour. At the top of the sheet Turner has inscribed the note: ‘7 Franc 44 pence’. This is presumably the price for some item he came across and his use of ‘pence’ should probably be understood as ‘centime’.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

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