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 12 Recto:
Verses (Inscriptions ?by Turner) 1808
D07147
Turner Bequest CVI 12
Inscribed perhaps by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry) on white wove paper, 185 x 108 mm
Inscribed ?by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘12’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘303’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CVI 12’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The verses inscribed here (not certainly by Turner) conclude the poem ‘John Bull Content’ begun on folio 11 recto (D07145), for which see catalogue note for a full transcription with comment.
Verso:
Blank

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-r1129573, accessed 25 April 2024.