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 > River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cloudy Sky c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cloudy Sky’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
A Cloudy Sky circa 1807
D05964
Turner Bequest XCVI 4
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘yellow’ right of centre and ‘Yellow lightest. Grey clouds’ below image
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For skies in this sketchbook, see note to folio 3 (D05963).
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David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Cloudy Sky c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, 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-a-cloudy-sky-r1130139, accessed 17 July 2024.