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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds over a Broad Landscape c.1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds over a Broad Landscape’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Verso:
Clouds over a Broad Landscape c.1799
D01998
Turner Bequest XLVI 4a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘P’, ‘[?R]’ and ‘[?Pin]’ in the drawing
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch was made with the page turned horizontally. Compare the equally slight studies of clouds on folios 2 verso, 3 recto, and 5 recto and verso (D01995, D01996, D01999, D02000).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds over a Broad Landscape c.1799 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-clouds-over-a-broad-landscape-r1179856, accessed 25 April 2024.