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 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Verso:
Clouds 1799
D02007
Turner Bequest XLVI 10a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Rain approaching after Sunrise’ top centre, and ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘L’ and ‘S’ in the drawing
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch was made with the page turned horizontally. Similar rapid cloud studies are on folios 2 verso and 3 recto (D01995–D01996).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds 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-r1179866, accessed 10 May 2024.