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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Accounts c.1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: Accounts’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 120 Verso:
Inscription by Turner: Accounts c.1799
D02177
Turner Bequest XLVI 120a
Ink and pencil on white wove paper, 130 x 79 mm
Inscribed by Turner in brown ink and pencil with extensive notes (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The following account of expenses, taking up the whole page, is inscribed in pen and brown ink, except as noted below:
15 Co 1 14
5 47 E- 6
5 15 E 6
20 15 G 4 6
15 C 2 6
60 77 3 Derby 4: 6
15 Leek 1 – 6
75
40 4. 6
L 230 C. 1 6
D 1 { 5
[?N] 1 March { 3
L 1 { 6
M 2 Chaise{ 11 3
R 1 { 1 9
{ 1 9
8
to Tormarton 5 5 7
at Tor 8
Boy 2 .
5 15 – 7
The second column of figures towards the top left (‘47 | 15 | 15 | 77 3’) is in pencil.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: Accounts 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-accounts-r1180036, accessed 20 April 2024.