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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Rain Clouds over Cross Fell 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rain Clouds over Cross Fell’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Rain Clouds over Cross Fell 1809
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Turner Bequest CX 6
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Cross Fell’ at centre and ‘Bluish’, ‘Warm’, ‘Cloud’, ‘Mist’, ‘Rain clouds with doubtful | breaks of light and shade’, and ‘Light’ within sky, from left to right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CX 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
One of the highest peaks of the Pennines, Cross Fell rises east of Penrith, so Turner must have made the drawing around the time of his visit to Lowther Castle, just south of the town; see Introduction to the sketchbook.
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David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Rain Clouds over Cross Fell 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-rain-clouds-over-cross-fell-r1135659, accessed 19 April 2024.