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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sky Study; Oak Chest or Panelling at Farnley; Continuation of Sketch of River Scene 1821

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sky Study; Oak Chest or Panelling at Farnley; Continuation of Sketch of River Scene’ 1821
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Sky Study; Oak Chest or Panelling at Farnley; Continuation of Sketch of River Scene 1821
D18587
Turner Bequest CCXI 40
Pen and ink on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner, see transcription below
Stamped in black ‘CCXI – 40’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
At the top of the page is a study of a cloudy sky with the following colour notes: ‘Dark WB Cloud’ left running vertically, ‘B’ top left, ‘B’ upper centre left, ‘G light’ centre left, ‘Purple’ bottom centre left, ‘Blue black’ bottom centre, ‘L[...]’ bottom right; ‘Purple shadow Red [?]lights’ bottom right.
Across the lower half of the page, drawn in black ink, are diagrams of panelling or ornamentation which relates to several sketches of an oak chest at Farnley Hall; see folio 6 (Tate D18533; Turner Bequest CCXI 6).
At the bottom of the page is the continuation of a sketch of a river scene from folio 39 verso (Tate D18586; Turner Bequest CCXI 39a) with the inscription ‘Purple shadow Red [?]lights’.

Thomas Ardill
March 2013

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sky Study; Oak Chest or Panelling at Farnley; Continuation of Sketch of River Scene 1821 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sky-study-oak-chest-or-panelling-at-farnley-continuation-of-r1146281, accessed 01 November 2025.