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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Farnley Hall and Yorkshire c.1808-24 > The Aqueduct Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds’ c.1816-18 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
Clouds c.1816–18
D40714
Pencil on white, laid paper, 117 x 180 mm, irregular (partly torn away at upper right corner)
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with colour notes : ‘Gold’, ‘Yell [ow?]’, ‘Light’, ‘Green.. Grey’
This is a small thumbnail study of a dramatic cloud effect, with various colour notes, now hard to read as the page is badly rubbed. The subject is similar to a study of sky over Hawksworth Moor in the Scarborough 2 sketchbook (Tate D11973; Turner Bequest CLI 18a) and the two sketches were possibly made on the same occasion. There are possibly other small drawings above the main sketch, all but completely erased.

David Hill
September 2008

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Clouds c.1816–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-clouds-r1147022, accessed 23 November 2024.