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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Skies 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Skies’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 264 Recto:
Studies of Skies 1824
D20055
Turner Bequest CCXVI 257
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 78 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘257’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–257’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These three rough and swiftly dashed-off jottings depict skies. They were produced with the sketchbook turned upside down.
Verso:
Blank.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Studies of Skies 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, 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-studies-of-skies-r1174850, accessed 23 September 2024.