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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45 > Marine Dabblers Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?A Wooded Landscape with Rain Clouds c.1829-30

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Wooded Landscape with Rain Clouds’ c.1829-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
?A Wooded Landscape with Rain Clouds c.1829–30
D22469
Turner Bequest CCXLI 4
Pencil on gilt-edged blue wove paper, 89 x 113 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXLI – 4’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this dynamic if slight sketch appears to show clouds with rain falling, perhaps over a wooded landscape, although as with folio 3 verso opposite (D22468) it is difficult to differentiate land and sky.
Verso:
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Matthew Imms
May 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?A Wooded Landscape with Rain Clouds c.1829–30 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-wooded-landscape-with-rain-clouds-r1148361, accessed 21 November 2024.