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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: ?A Draft of Poetry ?1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: ?A Draft of Poetry’ ?1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 76 Recto:
Inscription by Turner: ?A Draft of Poetry ?1814
D09773
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 76
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘Fel | 18’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Gone are the dews of morn [...] | Few are [...] of the’ top left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘76’ top left, ascending vertically, and ‘294’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 76’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This fragmentary, partly illegible inscription appears to relate to the more extensive text on folio 75 verso opposite (D09772); its lyrical phrasing suggests that both pages comprise poetry. See also folios 1 recto and 77 recto (D09668, D09775).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Inscription by Turner: ?A Draft of Poetry ?1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-a-draft-of-poetry-r1147324, accessed 25 April 2024.