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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Clouds, with the Sun behind Them 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Clouds, with the Sun behind Them’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
Study of Clouds, with the Sun behind Them 1798
D01462
Turner Bequest XL 1a
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘92’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 1a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This subject continues on folio 2 recto opposite (D01463)

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Clouds, with the Sun behind Them 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-clouds-with-the-sun-behind-them-r1173698, accessed 25 April 2024.