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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Sky 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Sky’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Verso:
Study of Sky 1839
D28631
Turner Bequest CCXCI 48 a
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 100 x 156 mm
Watermarked with French imperial eagle
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Grey’ top left; ‘[...]ne’ right centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner made two swiftly rendered studies of sky in this sketchbook: the one shown here and one on Tate D28647; Turner Bequest CCXCI 62. The ‘grey’ sky is expansive, hanging over a distant town with rain-heavy clouds scattered across it.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Study of Sky 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, 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-sky-r1150915, accessed 23 April 2024.