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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Poem on the Eve of Departure from Rome 1828-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: Poem on the Eve of Departure from Rome’ 1828-9
Folio 9 Recto:
Inscription by Turner: Poem on the Eve of Departure from Rome 1828–9
D21867
Turner Bequest CCXXXVII 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 71 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner with eleven lines of verse (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed in red ink ‘9’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVII – 9’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains the second half of a poem composed by Turner on the eve of his departure from Rome on 3 January 1829, which was written with the sketchbook turned vertically. For a transcription and further commentary, see under folio 8 verso opposite (D21866), where the verses begin.

Hannah Kaspar
December 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Inscription by Turner: Poem on the Eve of Departure from Rome 1828–9’, catalogue entry, December 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/inscription-by-turner-poem-on-the-eve-of-departure-from-rome-r1210425, accessed 17 April 2025.