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

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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner’ c.1830-1
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Verso:
Inscription by Turner circa 1830–1
D25549
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 13a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner, see transcription below
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is the third (or first) of three pages of writing by Turner in pencil (see folio 12 verso; D25547). An attempt at a rough transcription is below.
Find ye ye manly [?]speech
[?]I am therefore [...]y the [...] by
further upon your [...] [?]Rhyms
[?]colour [...] – [...] the [...] th[...]
and [...]
ray burn through [...] [...]
and [...] your first e[...] [...]

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-r1133908, accessed 26 April 2024.