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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Costings for the 'Liber Studiorum' (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1809-14

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Costings for the 'Liber Studiorum' (Inscriptions by Turner)’ c.1809-14
Folio 97 Recto:
Costings for the ‘Liber Studiorum’ (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1809–14
D07748
Turner Bequest CXI 97
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 88 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘97’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXI 97’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscriptions read:
 
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/          1          443 
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/          2          443 
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/          3          443 
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/          4          443 
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/          5          443 
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/                   ----- 
                     2215 
These figures seem to be a subset of those beginning with ‘443’ on folio 96 verso (D07747), and to relate to five numbers of the Liber Studiorum of four plates each.

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Costings for the ‘Liber Studiorum’ (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1809–14’, catalogue entry, May 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/costings-for-the-liber-studiorum-inscriptions-by-turner-r1131235, accessed 19 April 2024.