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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cloudy Sky c.1815-18

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Verso:
Cloudy Sky circa 1815–18
D10618
Turner Bequest CXLI 19a
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with colour notes ‘Grey’, ‘Yellow’ and ‘Red Cloud ... | ... orange Light’ within image
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 20 (D10619), this follows studies of a rainbow over Richmond Bridge running from folio 17 verso to the recto of the present leaf (D10614–D10617).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Cloudy Sky c.1815–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, 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-cloudy-sky-r1131671, accessed 29 March 2024.