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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1807-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky’ c.1807-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Recto:
Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1807–14
D08327
Turner Bequest CXXII 28
Pencil on white wove paper, 69 x 112 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘28’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CXXII – 28’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study of dramatic clouds, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, continues across folio 27 verso (D08326) opposite. A small disk towards the top right of the present page presumably indicates the sun or moon. There are further cloud studies on folios 32 recto, and 33 recto and verso (D08333–D08335).
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Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1807–14 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-r1147803, accessed 19 April 2024.