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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Wey, Guildford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds and Mountain, for Ulysses and Polyphemus 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds and Mountain, for Ulysses and Polyphemus’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Verso:
Clouds and Mountain, for Ulysses and Polyphemus 1805
D41507
Turner Bequest XCVIII 4a
Brown wash on white laid paper, 117 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or numbered by Finberg, these slight marks of wash have spread across the gutter of the book from the composition of Ulysses and Polyphemus on folio 5 (D06186), for which see catalogue note for the subject.

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Clouds and Mountain, for Ulysses and Polyphemus 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-clouds-and-mountain-for-ulysses-and-polyphemus-r1130369, accessed 22 November 2024.