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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Stormy Sky c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Stormy Sky’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Recto:
Stormy Sky circa 1806–10
D05677
Turner Bequest XCI 60
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘60’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 60’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For stormy skies in this sketchbook see note to folio 59 (D05676).
The leaf is stained.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Stormy Sky c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-stormy-sky-r1130988, accessed 18 April 2024.