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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Liber Studiorum notes c.1807-19 > Liber Notes (2) Sketchbook [Finberg CLIV ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1808-18

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky’ c.1808-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 58 Recto:
Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1808–18
D12202
Turner Bequest CLIV a 57
Pencil on white wove paper, 89 x 112 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blue’ top left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘57’ top left, upside down (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CLIV (a) – 57’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As set out under folio 7 verso (D12134), there are nearly thirty pages of cloud studies in this sketchbook, some, as here, being annotated with colours and other observations. The present sketch, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, continues for the full width of folio 57 verso opposite (D12201; CLIV a 56a).

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1808–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-a-cloudy-sky-r1147619, accessed 25 April 2024.