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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Diagram of the Plan or Elevation of a Building c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Diagram of the Plan or Elevation of a Building’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
?Diagram of the Plan or Elevation of a Building c.1789
D00010
Turner Bequest II 1
Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?6 Panels]’ and with numerals including ‘14’, ‘1/2’, ‘3’, ‘4’, ‘1’, ‘8’, and ‘[?5 less]’ within the diagram
Endorsed by the Executors of the Turner Bequest (see sketchbook introduction)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1’ bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘II’ top left
Stamped in black ‘II 1’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The annotations on this diagram may refer to the fenestration of the building, or are possibly annotations relating to the disposition of pictures in a room. See folios 25 recto and verso (D40741, D00043).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Diagram of the Plan or Elevation of a Building c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-diagram-of-the-plan-or-elevation-of-a-building-r1140162, accessed 26 April 2024.