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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cloudy Sky c.1805-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Verso:
A Cloudy Sky circa 1805–9
D06391
Turner Bequest XCIX 20a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blue’ top right, ‘Yellow’ right of centre and ‘Grey’ lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and inscribed with colour notes, this sketch might include choppy sea as well as sky.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Cloudy Sky c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-a-cloudy-sky-r1130584, accessed 28 March 2024.