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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Clouds 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
Study of Clouds 1796–7
D01189
Turner Bequest XXXVII 72
Pencil(?) with black and white chalks on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 72’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The composition continues across folio 36 recto opposite (D01190; Turner Bequest XXXVII 73).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Clouds 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-clouds-r1149879, accessed 29 March 2024.