'Clouds', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Clouds

From Boats, Ice Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CI

Date c.1806-14

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 107 x 180 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D40803

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 7 Verso:

Clouds circa 1806–14

D40803

Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 180 mm

Not noticed by Finberg, this slight sketch of clouds is a continuation of the sunset sky on folio 8 of the sketchbook (D06627).

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

David Blayney Brown
December 2006

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Boats, Ice Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest