The books list signatures of students, indicating daily attendance in the Life Academy. There are the following gaps in the series: 3 April 1791 - 17 June 1792; 24 January - 3 December 1795 and 17 August 1796 - 17 February 1799 (apart from a fragment for 1797). The books bear the label: "From the library of Ch[arles] Fairfax Murray".
Acquisition Details
Presented by the Trustees of the National Gallery
Associated Material
Part of another detached leaf, probably from a Life Academy attendance book (including the signature of J. M. W. Turner) of the period November 1796 - February 1799: JU/5/32.