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

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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 75 Verso:
Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1808–18
D12233
Turner Bequest CLIV a 74a
Pencil on white wove paper, 89 x 112 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘B’ and ‘L [...]’ top centre, ‘small Clouds’ top right, ‘yelw [?drab]’ centre left, ‘Blue’ and ‘L’ at centre, and ‘Clouds [?drab beaming] | Light on the dark clouds’
 
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 (inverted relative to the foliation), being annotated with colours and other observations.

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-r1147651, accessed 24 April 2024.