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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1818

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky’ c.1818
Folio 63 Recto:
Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1818
D12514
Turner Bequest CLVIII 63
Watercolour on white wove paper, 125 x 247 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘63’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLVIII – 63’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The upper half of this barely developed composition shows heavy grey banks of cloud passing over an unidentifiable location.
See the sketchbook’s Introduction for general notes on possible locations and dating.
The verso, with an unrelated pencil sketch, is D12515.

Caitlin Doley
July 2024

How to cite

Caitlin Doley, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1818’, catalogue entry, July 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, October 2024, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/study-of-a-cloudy-sky-r1208938, accessed 28 May 2025.