Watercolour on paper
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
Tate Collection
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Lecture Diagram 16 Later Renumbered 47 Terminology Perspective Thomas Malton Junior
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
diagrammatic
education, science and learning
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
inscriptions
Malton, Thomas
mathematics
named individuals
notes and diagrams
people
perspective
society
symbols and personifications
word
<p>Thomas Malton Junior was an architectural draughtsman and son of the author of A Compleat Treatise on Perspective 1775. He introduced Turner to many basic principles of perspective when Turner joined his studio as a young apprentice in the late 1780s.</p><p>The diagram provides terminology related to the ‘measure point’ method, a technique favoured by draughtsmen for rendering buildings in perspective.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
31 May 2004 – 8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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2004-05-31
Vanishing Point: The Perspective Drawings of J.M.W Turner
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Lecture Diagram 16, Later Renumbered 47: The Terminology of Perspective of Thomas Malton Junior
support: 675 × 1002 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<span class="text12">Thomas Malton Junior was an architectural</span><span class="text0"> draughtsman and son of the author of  </span><span class="text13">A Compleat Treatise on <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/perspective" title="Glossary definition for 'Perspective'"><span>Perspective</span></a></span><span class="text0">
    1775. He introduced Turner to many basic </span><span class="text14">principles      of perspective when Turner joined</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text12">his studio as a young apprentice in the late</span><span class="text0"> 1780s. </span>
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<span class="text0">The diagram provides terminology related to the      ‘measure point’ method, a technique favoured by draughtsmen for      rendering buildings in perspective.  </span>
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