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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Penton Hook, near Laleham: Sun Breaking through Clouds c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Penton Hook, near Laleham: Sun Breaking through Clouds’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Verso:
?Penton Hook, near Laleham: Sun Breaking through Clouds circa 1807
D05985
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blue... & G...’ on horizon near centre of image
Not noticed by Finberg, this is a continuation of the subject on folio 24 (D05986). The curving riverscape here may be at Penton Hook near Laleham, and the same as or very near that on folios 26 verso–27 (D05989–D059890). For another Laleham subject see folio 28 (D05992).
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Penton Hook, near Laleham: Sun Breaking through Clouds c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-penton-hook-near-laleham-sun-breaking-through-clouds-r1130160, accessed 26 April 2024.