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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner)’ circa 1809-11
Folio 50 Recto:
Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1809–11
D07671
Turner Bequest CXI 50
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 110 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘50’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXI 50’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription reads:
 7639       16      3 
  400 
  200  Land 
  100  Free 
 8339 
 1200  F
  400  Sir J.  
 9939 
Among other calculations, Turner gives 1200 paid or owed by Walter Fawkes (‘F’) and four hundred from Sir John Leicester (‘Sir J.’). See also folio 14 of the sketchbook (D07613) where ‘F’ is cited alongside 1000 and ‘L’ alongside the same amount as here.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Accounts (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, April 2011, 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/accounts-inscriptions-by-turner-r1131158, accessed 19 September 2024.