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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Clouds over the Sea, with a Sailing Vessel in the Distance 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Clouds over the Sea, with a Sailing Vessel in the Distance’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Verso:
Study of Clouds over the Sea, with a Sailing Vessel in the Distance 1798
D01480
Turner Bequest XL 10a
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 135 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘83’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XL – 10 a’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This may be a record of clouds seen over the estuary of the Severn, though there is no direct evidence of the location of its subject, which may be imaginary. Another rapidly drawn view across the Severn is on folios 15 verso–16 recto (D01488–D01489).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Clouds over the Sea, with a Sailing Vessel in the Distance 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-clouds-over-the-sea-with-a-sailing-vessel-in-the-r1173716, accessed 25 April 2024.