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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Clouds c.1823-4

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Clouds’ c.1823-4
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Study of Clouds c.1823–4
D17805
Turner Bequest CCIV 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 190 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCIV – 26’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this vigorous study lacks the annotations of colour or tone which Turner sometimes employed. There is no indication of a landscape setting; for other sky and cloud studies in this sketchbook, see the entry for the inside front cover (D40982).
Technical notes:
John Ruskin’s customary red ink page number at the corner beside the later stamp is not readily apparent here, although those on other leaves of this sketchbook are generally very faint. Finberg noted: ‘Part of leaf torn.’1 A large piece of the other outer corner, up to 73 x 43 mm, has been made good with modern, off-white wove paper.

Matthew Imms
November 2014

1
Finberg 1909, I, p.618.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Study of Clouds c.1823–4 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-clouds-r1172513, accessed 20 September 2024.