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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Tree, and a Fragment of Verse (Inscription by Turner) circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Tree, and a Fragment of Verse (Inscription by Turner)’ circa 1809-11
Folio 83 Verso:
A Tree, and a Fragment of Verse (Inscription by Turner) circa 1809–11
D07723
Turner Bequest CXI 83a
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 110 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s drawing and inscription are made with the sketchbook inverted. The inscription reads:
The writhing earth the Monstrous Python tore
The wounded Python on the rocky floor
Rolld each
For verses on the slaughter of the dragon Python by Apollo in this sketchbook, and their background, see chiefly note to folio 17 (D07617).

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Tree, and a Fragment of Verse (Inscription by Turner) c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, May 2011, 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/a-tree-and-a-fragment-of-verse-inscription-by-turner-r1131210, accessed 20 September 2024.