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 and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sky c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sky’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Recto:
A Sky circa 1805–9
D06497
Turner Bequest XCIX 79
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘White’ and ‘Blue’ within sky, centre and top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘79’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 79’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A 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-sky-r1130693, accessed 14 May 2024.