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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cloudy Sky c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cloudy Sky’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Verso:
A Cloudy Sky circa 1805–9
D06427
Turner Bequest XCIX 41a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Grey’, ‘Blue’ and ‘Red’ within sky and ‘Beautiful Grey Purples Light P. Brown B[urnt] Sienna’ below image
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Trees below the sky probably belong to the banks of a river, perhaps the Medway.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Cloudy Sky c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-a-cloudy-sky-r1130622, accessed 25 April 2024.