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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797 ... > Swans Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds 1798-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds’ 1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Recto:
Clouds 1798–9
D01776
Turner Bequest XLII 101
Pencil on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘101’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 101’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. Compare folio 50 verso opposite (D01775; Turner Bequest XLII 100).

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds 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-r1173972, accessed 19 April 2024.