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 > Boats, Ice Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cloudy Sky c.1806-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cloudy Sky’ c.1806-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Verso:
A Cloudy Sky circa 1806–14
D06661
Turner Bequest CI 39a
Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 180 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘B’ top left of centre’ and ‘B ... the cloud behind Shadow all ...’ below image
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This portion of sky is perhaps related to if not part of the sketch of a rainbow over the Thames on folio 40 of the sketchbook (D06662).

David Blayney Brown
December 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Cloudy Sky c.1806–14 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2006, 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-r1130756, accessed 26 April 2024.