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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription: Columns of Figures c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription: Columns of Figures’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Inscription: Columns of Figures c.1794
D00272
Turner Bequest XX 10
Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with figures (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XX 10’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Columns of figures run down from the top right, half way down the right-hand edge:
3½    8 – 6 
3   – 7 – 6 
2     5 
3     7 – 6 
2     4 
2     4 
2     4 
2     4 
4 –  10 
4 
     60 – 6 
‘69’ is inscribed separately towards the bottom right. There is a similar list on folio 9 verso opposite (D00271).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram centre.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription: Columns of Figures c.1794 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-inscription-columns-of-figures-r1140664, accessed 25 April 2024.