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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Sky c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Sky’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 91 Recto:
Study of Sky c.1824
D18464
Turner Bequest CCX 86
Pencil on white wove paper, 75 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Light Blue’ centre towards top left, ‘soft [...] [?Green]’ bottom centre to right, ‘Park [...] [?Brown] Pink’ rear left to right
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘86’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCX 86’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has swiftly dashed off a sketch of the sky, annotating it with colour notes (see D18463; Turner Bequest CCX 85a).

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Study of Sky c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-sky-r1181349, accessed 19 April 2024.