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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds above a Landscape c.1820-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds above a Landscape’ c.1820-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Clouds above a Landscape c.1820–40
D25287
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 165
Watercolour on white wove paper, 308 x 488 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘165’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIII – 165’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This loose study comprises three roughly equal bands, with clouds below a clear sky and above broad horizontal washes of the same general colour which appear to indicate a featureless landscape, or possibly the sea.
Verso:
Blank; laid down.

Matthew Imms
March 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Clouds above a Landscape c.1820–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-clouds-above-a-landscape-r1183155, accessed 19 April 2024.