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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Verses (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Verses (Inscriptions by Turner)’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 87 Verso:
Verses (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809
D07850
Turner Bequest CXII 87a
Inscribed by Turner in ink (see main catalogue entry) on white wove paper, 180 x 107 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These verses seem to continue the draft poem on the theme of a frustrating day’s fishing, begun on folio 88 (D07851). See note to 88 for full transcription and comment.

David Blayney Brown
June 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Verses (Inscriptions by Turner) 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-verses-inscriptions-by-turner-r1135804, accessed 22 September 2024.