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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Sky Above the River Aire c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Sky Above the River Aire’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Study of Sky Above the River Aire c.1824
D18400
Turner Bequest CCX 53a
Pencil on white wove paper, 75 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘yellow’ centre, ‘Blue’, ‘White’ centre towards top, ‘[?Bright Red]’ top right, ‘air [...]’, ‘almely’ bottom towards right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a view of a stretch of the River Aire, inscribed ‘air’ by Turner at rear, flowing in the direction of Armley (inscribed ‘almely’). Armley village was dominated by the estate of the wealthy cloth manufacturer Benjamin Gott; the artist depicts his house on Tate D18395; Turner Bequest CCX 51. Above the river is a study of sky, lively with cirrus, cumulus and stratus clouds. Turner inscribes the colours of light as ‘yellow’, ‘blue’, ‘white’ and ‘red’.

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Study of Sky Above the River Aire c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-sky-above-the-river-aire-r1181287, accessed 19 September 2024.