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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Studies for Pictures Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds above a Low Horizon c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds above a Low Horizon’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 127 Verso:
Clouds above a Low Horizon c.1799–1802
D04146
Turner Bequest LXIX 128a
Ink and gouache on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Watermark: Strasburg lily (trimmed)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is one of several sky studies in this book; compare especially folios 106 recto, 113 verso and 128 recto opposite (D04123, D04131, D04147; Turner Bequest LXIX 107, 114v, 129).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds above a Low Horizon c.1799–1802 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-clouds-above-a-low-horizon-r1178026, accessed 09 May 2024.