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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Sky c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Sky’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Verso:
Study of Sky c.1824
D18463
Turner Bequest CCX 85a
Pencil on white wove paper, 75 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Blue [...]’ top left, ‘[...] M[...]’ top right, ‘Blue’ centre, ‘[...]’ centre towards bottom right, ‘[...] of sky Green’ centre towards bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has swiftly dashed off a sketch of the sky, annotating it with colour notes (see also Tate D18464–D18468; Turner Bequest CCX 86–88). A group of sky and sunset studies are also recorded on Tate D18378–D18379, D18477–D18478; Turner Bequest CCX 41–42, 93–93a. These are associated with Turner’s final stay at Farnley Hall with his close friend and patron Sir Walter Fawkes in November and December 1824.

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Study of Sky 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-r1181348, accessed 25 April 2024.