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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: ?Accounts c.1834-6

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: ?Accounts’ c.1834-6
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Verso:
Inscription by Turner: ?Accounts c.1834–6
D27753
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 101 x 79 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, Turner has inscribed the following in an expansive hand:
130 ____
142        D
             12 Sept
_______
   May 10th
The significance of the figures and dates is unclear, but they appear to be typical notes of Turner’s financial transactions. This is one of a few miscellaneous pages of notes scattered through the sketchbook, as set out in the Introduction.
The blank recto is numbered by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ and stamped ‘CCLXXXI – 16’.
Technical notes:
There is offsetting from the soft pencil drawing on folio 15 verso opposite (D27752).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Inscription by Turner: ?Accounts c.1834–6 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-accounts-r1149115, accessed 26 April 2024.