1862
Walter Thornbury, The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by his Friends and Fellow-Academicians, London 1862, vol.II, p.19.
1897
Walter Thornbury, The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by his Friends and Fellow-Academicians: A New Edition, Revised with 8 Coloured Illustrations after Turner’s Originals and 2 Woodcuts, London 1897, p.208.
1909
A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.I, p.346, CXXIII 38a, as ‘Verses’.
1966
Jack Lindsay, The Sunset Ship: The Poems of J.M.W. Turner, Lowestoft 1966, p.110.
1985
Jack Lindsay, Turner: The Man and His Art, London 1985, p.8.
1990
Andrew Wilton and Rosalind Mallord Turner, Painting and Poetry: Turner’s ‘Verse Book’ and his Work of 1804–1812, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1990, p.171.
1997
Anthony Bailey, Standing in the Sun: A Life of J.M.W. Turner, London 1997, p.13.