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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1818

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky’ c.1818
Folio 12 Recto:
Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1818
D12460
Turner Bequest CLVIII 12
Watercolour on white wove paper, 125 x 247 mm
Watermark ‘J Whatman | 1814’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLVIII – 12’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page is comparable to the preceding one, folio 11 recto (D12459), as a study of billowing clouds likely sketched on a windy day.
Technical notes:
With regards to the Whatman watermark visible on this leaf, paper historian Peter Bower has observed:
Besides the normal watermarks, pages 5, 6, and 12 in this sketchbook also show ‘ghost’ marks, where the impression of a watermark has transferred to another piece of paper, either in pressing at the mill, during the making of the paper, or, more rarely, from the pressure exerted during the binding of the book.1
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Bower 1990, p.101 note 1
Verso:
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Caitlin Doley
July 2024

How to cite

Caitlin Doley, ‘Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1818’, catalogue entry, July 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, October 2024, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/study-of-a-cloudy-sky-r1208884, accessed 21 November 2024.