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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner c.1830-1

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
Inscription by Turner circa 1830–1
D25548
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 13
Pencil on white wove paper, 94 x 74 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner across the page
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘13’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 13’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The second of three pages of inscriptions by Turner in pencil (see folio 12 verso; D25547), here the page is turned to the left. An attempt at a rough transcription is below.
In the last book [...]
of this work , By you, [...]y
by r[...] from though ?word
who gave [or given] powerful Q[...]fuly [or justify]
Behold the blue [...] which
[...] of truly can [?]where
  [?]flowd
[?]nearly [?]sky in [...]
[...] in l[...] n[...]
he L[...] [...]
[...] tho [...] Ry

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Inscription by Turner c.1830–1 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-inscription-by-turner-r1133907, accessed 28 March 2024.