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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hints River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cloudy Sky over Richmond Bridge c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cloudy Sky over Richmond Bridge’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Verso:
Cloudy Sky over Richmond Bridge circa 1815–18
D10620
Turner Bequest CXLI 20a
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Bridge shows | only through Light’ within image
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 21 (D10621), this drawing continues the studies of sky over Richmond Bridge running from folio 16 verso (D10612).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Cloudy Sky over Richmond Bridge 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-over-richmond-bridge-r1131673, accessed 23 September 2024.