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 57 Verso:
Clouds in Front of the Sun 1798–9
D01789
Turner Bequest XLII 114
Pencil on buff laid paper, 125 x 174 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘R’ above centre and ‘B’ towards bottom right in the drawing
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 114’ bottom right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This annotated 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-r1173985, accessed 24 April 2024.