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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Dynevor Castle Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sunset Sky 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sunset Sky’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 94 Verso:
A Sunset Sky 1798
D01623
Turner Bequest XL 92a
Pencil on white laid paper, 95 x 135 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘1’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XL – 92 a’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Sunset Sky 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, 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-a-sunset-sky-r1173862, accessed 25 April 2024.