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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Notes on Poetry and Painting (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Notes on Poetry and Painting (Inscriptions by Turner)’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Verso:
Notes on Poetry and Painting (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809
D07587
Turner Bequest CX 43a
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry) on white wove paper, 185 x 116 mm
Stamped in black ‘CX 41a’ bottom right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These notes are written running backwards from near the end of the sketchbook, beginning on folio 45 verso (D07591) and continuing on 44 verso (D07589) to conclude here. For transcription and comments see note to 45 verso.

David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Notes on Poetry and Painting (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-notes-on-poetry-and-painting-inscriptions-by-turner-r1135703, accessed 23 April 2024.