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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Derbyshire Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Verses (Inscriptions ?by Turner) 1808

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Verses (Inscriptions ?by Turner)’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Verso:
Verses (Inscriptions ?by Turner) 1808
D07146
Turner Bequest CVI 11a
Inscribed perhaps by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry) on white wove paper, 185 x 108 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The verses inscribed here (not certainly by Turner) continue the poem ‘John Bull Content’ begun on the recto (D07145), for which see catalogue note for a full transcription with comment.

David Blayney Brown
July 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Verses (Inscriptions ?by Turner) 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-verses-inscriptions-by-turner-r1129572, accessed 24 April 2024.