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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sunset Sky c.1806-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sunset Sky’ c.1806-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
A Sunset Sky circa 1806–14
D06626
Turner Bequest CI 7
Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 180 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘B.L.G. ... Pale’ upper right, and ‘Blue. Light. Low down’ lower right of centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘7’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CI 7’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For the sky studies in this sketchbook, see note to folio 4 (D06622).

David Blayney Brown
December 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Sunset Sky c.1806–14 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-a-sunset-sky-r1130720, accessed 19 April 2024.