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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds c.1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Verso:
Clouds c.1799
D01995
Turner Bequest XLVI 2a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, and possibly continuous with folio 3 recto opposite (D01996), this study may be related to the distinctive cloudscape that Turner painted into his large oil painting Conway Castle of about 1803 (private collection).1 There are further cloud studies on folios 4 verso–5 recto and 5 verso (D01998–D02000).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

1
Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984, pp.107–8 no.141, pl.146 (colour).

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Clouds c.1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-clouds-r1179853, accessed 21 November 2024.