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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds c.1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Verso:
Clouds c.1799
D02000
Turner Bequest XLVI 5a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is one of several cloud studies, all equally slight, in this sketchbook; see also folios 2 verso, 3 recto and 4 verso, and the recto of the present leaf (D01995, D01996, D01998, D01999).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds c.1799 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-r1179858, accessed 23 April 2024.