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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds in Front of the Sun 1798-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds in Front of the Sun’ 1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
Clouds in Front of the Sun 1798–9
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Turner Bequest XLII 91
Pencil and gouache on buff laid paper, 125 x 174 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘91’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 91’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight study was made with the page turned horizontally.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds in Front of the Sun 1798–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-clouds-in-front-of-the-sun-r1173962, accessed 25 April 2024.