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 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lake Tiny, Farnley; and a Cloudy Sky c.1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lake Tiny, Farnley; and a Cloudy Sky’ c.1817
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Lake Tiny, Farnley; and a Cloudy Sky circa 1817
D10401
Turner Bequest CXXXIX 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 129 x 205 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Light’ within the sketch of sky
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘38’ bottom left, inverted and ‘315’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIX 38’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, with the view of Lake Tiny continued on folios 37 verso–36 verso (D10400–D10398). See catalogue entry for D10398 for the subject.
The ‘study of sky’ is sketched on the left half of this leaf, enclosed by a vertical line and with the book turned to upright format.

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Lake Tiny, Farnley; and a Cloudy Sky c.1817 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-lake-tiny-farnley-and-a-cloudy-sky-r1131629, accessed 20 September 2024.