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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Verses (Inscription by Turner) 1808

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Verses (Inscription by Turner)’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Verso:
Verses (Inscription by Turner) 1808
D07175
Turner Bequest CVI 36a
Inscribed 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
Turner’s verse reads:
When ardent summer’s glory oer does rise
What balmy ether – nature
What
Then Morning Fragrant nature rise
This is another draft for the poem about autumn, begun on folio 2 verso of the sketchbook (D07134). The text given here is based on the reading made by Rosalind Mallord Turner for the 1990 Tate exhibition.

David Blayney Brown
July 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Verses (Inscription 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-inscription-by-turner-r1129601, accessed 20 April 2024.