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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sentences in German and English 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sentences in German and English’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
Sentences in German and English 1835
D30889
Turner Bequest CCCVI 1 a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 170 x 104 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has inscribed phrases in English and German (see Tate D30888; Turner Bequest CCCVI 1). The inscriptions are transcribed:
‘Nem se take care s[...]
What is the Name of [...] p[...]
N[...]
[...]
131’

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sentences in German and English 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sentences-in-german-and-english-r1186762, accessed 19 April 2024.