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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sea and Sky c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sea and Sky’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Recto:
Sea and Sky c.1835–40
D27477
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 63
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with multiple colour notes
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘63’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 63’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of several pages of sea and sky studies in this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.
Technical notes:
The glue binding the inside back cover to the binding board has seeped into this page, causing a stain.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Sea and Sky c.1835–40 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-sea-and-sky-r1181608, accessed 25 April 2024.