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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: A List of Clothes c.1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: A List of Clothes’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 120 Recto:
Inscription by Turner: A List of Clothes c.1799
D02176
Turner Bequest XLVI 120
Ink on white wove paper, 130 x 79 mm
Inscribed by Turner in brown ink with extensive notes (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘120’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 120’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Taking up the whole page, Turner has inscribed the following inventory in pen and brown ink, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation:
List of cloaths
3 Coats
4 Waistcoats – White
5 Breeches
4 Underwaistcoats
6 Cottonstockings
2 Silk Stockings Black
8 Cravats
3 Pockethandkerriefs [sic]
3 Boots
3 Shoes
4 Colour’d Waistcoats
6 Shirts
2 Welsh stockings
1 White Silk Stockings
1 Silk Handkerief [sic]
1 Great coat
1 Overalls
1 Blackwaistout [sic]

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: A List of Clothes c.1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-a-list-of-clothes-r1180035, accessed 19 September 2024.