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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner English and German Phrases 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘English and German Phrases’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso
English and German Phrases 1835
D31021
Turner Bequest CCCVII 1 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 162 x 89 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner and another with English and German phrases [transcribed in full in the main catalogue entry]
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has inscribed English phrases, which have been translated into German by another hand (see also Tate D31020–D31026; Turner Bequest CCCVII 1–4). All the German translations except for the first three on this folio are written twice: first in standard German and second in old script known as deutsche Kurrent.
‘Take that
Nehmen sie das
[deutsche Kurrent equivalent]
Will you
Wollen sie
[deutsche Kurrent equivalent]
Can you
Können sie
[deutsche Kurrent equivalent]
I was I am
Ich war Ich bin
[deutsche Kurrent equivalent]
I have
Ich habe
[deutsche Kurrent equivalent]’

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘English and German Phrases 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-english-and-german-phrases-r1186896, accessed 25 April 2024.