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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Arithmetic, Itinerary &c (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1815-18

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Arithmetic, Itinerary &c (Inscriptions by Turner)’ c.1815-18 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
Arithmetic, Itinerary &c (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1815–18
D40850
Turner Bequest
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Various figures are written here, together with what may be an itinerary. These are hardly legible. The word ‘Garoce’ also seems to be repeated several times or written with different spellings.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Arithmetic, Itinerary &c (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1815–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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/joseph-mallord-william-turner-arithmetic-itinerary-c-inscriptions-by-turner-r1131700, accessed 26 April 2024.