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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1807-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky’ c.1807-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1807–14
D08334
Turner Bequest CXXII 33
Pencil on white wove paper, 69 x 112 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘33’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXII – 33’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are further cloud studies on folios 27 verso–28 recto, 32 recto and the verso of the present leaf (D08326, D08327, D08333, D08335).
Technical notes:
The pencil is much rubbed and offset onto the verso of folio 32 opposite (the recto of which is D08333).

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1807–14 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-a-cloudy-sky-r1147811, accessed 18 April 2024.