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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Rocky Upland with Clouds 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Rocky Upland with Clouds’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
A Rocky Upland with Clouds 1801
D02404
Turner Bequest LII 8
Black chalk with gouache on coarse blue laid paper, 143 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LII-8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 7 verso opposite (D02403), under which the subject is discussed.
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Rocky Upland with Clouds 1801 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-rocky-upland-with-clouds-r1178740, accessed 14 July 2026.