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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Clouds; Two Baskets 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Clouds; Two Baskets’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
Study of Clouds; Two Baskets 1796–7
D01130
Turner Bequest XXXVII 13
Pencil and white chalk on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 13’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The main composition continues across folio 6 verso opposite (D01129; Turner Bequest XXXVII 12). Although the baskets on the present page (which may be lobster pots) seem to be incorporated in the drawing of cumulus clouds, they must actually constitute a separate study, to be read from the right-hand edge.

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Clouds; Two Baskets 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-clouds-two-baskets-r1149822, accessed 25 April 2024.