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 15 Recto:
Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1818
D12463
Turner Bequest CLVIII 15
Watercolour on white wove paper, 125 x 247 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLVIII – 15’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page features a study of what appear to be stratocumulus clouds with blue sky visible in between and above them.
See the sketchbook’s Introduction for general notes on possible locations and dating.
Technical notes:
There are some stains visible across the edge of the leaf, possibly sustained in in the 1928 Tate Gallery flood.
Verso:
Blank

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-r1208887, accessed 21 November 2024.