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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Sky 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Sky’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 62 Recto:
Study of Sky 1839
D28647
Turner Bequest CCXCI 62
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 100 x 156 mm
Watermarked ‘v d m[eulen]’
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘62’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXCI–62’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With fluid and gestural handling, Turner has made a quick pencil study of a sky. A similar sketch is found on Tate D28631; Turner Bequest CCXCI 48 a.
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Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Study of Sky 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, 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-sky-r1150931, accessed 22 September 2024.