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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > Life Class (1) Sketchbook [Finberg ... > Artwork

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 8 Recto:
Sea and Sky c.1835–40
D27380
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The slightness of this study of sea and sky is typical of much of this sketchbook’s contents. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

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-r1181519, accessed 22 November 2024.