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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45 > Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?A Landscape; the Sun behind Clouds c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Landscape; the Sun behind Clouds’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
?A Landscape; the Sun behind Clouds c.1830
D35793
Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 19
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 76 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[...]’ at bottom
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘19’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIII – 19’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, the disjointed elements towards the top may be landscape features. Turner’s inscription at the gutter, presumably recording some effect of light or colour in relation to the unambiguous lower drawing of a low sun and clouds, is effectively illegible. Compare the hurried notes on folio 6 recto (D35767).

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?A Landscape; the Sun behind Clouds c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-landscape-the-sun-behind-clouds-r1183757, accessed 20 April 2024.