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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Clouds 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Clouds’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
Study of Clouds 1796–7
D01129
Turner Bequest XXXVII 12
Pencil and white chalk on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 12’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study of cumulus clouds continues across folio 7 recto opposite (D01130; Turner Bequest XXXVII 13).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Clouds 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-clouds-r1149821, accessed 21 November 2024.