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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Bibliographical Note c.1809

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: Bibliographical Note’ c.1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Inscription by Turner: Bibliographical Note circa 1809
D07399
Turner Bequest CVIII 28a
Pen and ink on white wove paper, 88 x 115 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The following note is inscribed at the top of the page:
[?Angevin] 1648
a compleat system of [?compuation] | Calld Novelle and [?Br...] in 4 [?m...]
Maurice Davies has not identified this 1648 source, apparently a translation from the French, concerning ‘?computation’.1 Turner consulted various sources relating to perspective at the British Museum, but the current British Library catalogue does not appear to include any likely matches for the details noted rather hastily here.
1
Davies 1994, p.288.
Technical notes:
It is noticeable that the leaf has been neatly rebound, attached to a new stub.

Matthew Imms
June 2008

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Inscription by Turner: Bibliographical Note c.1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-bibliographical-note-r1136595, accessed 05 April 2026.