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 A Cloudy Sky c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cloudy Sky’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
A Cloudy Sky circa 1815–18
D10645
Turner Bequest CXLI 35
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with colour notes ‘Grey’ ‘Dirty’ and ‘Yellow’ within image
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘35’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXLI 35’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A 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-a-cloudy-sky-r1131698, accessed 10 June 2026.