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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > On the Cliffs Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Calm Sea, with the Moon Appearing among Clouds c.1801-2

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Calm Sea, with the Moon Appearing among Clouds’ c.1801-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
A Calm Sea, with the Moon Appearing among Clouds c.1801–2
D03781
Turner Bequest LXIV 4
Pencil on buff laid paper, 111 x 175 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIV – 4’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. As noted in the sketchbook’s Introduction, the viewpoint may be the South Downs. The subject may be a daylight scene, like all the others in this book, but it seems more plausibly to show the moon rather than the sun.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Calm Sea, with the Moon Appearing among Clouds c.1801–2 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-calm-sea-with-the-moon-appearing-among-clouds-r1178304, accessed 27 April 2024.