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 25 Recto:
Study of a Cloudy Sky c.1818
D12473
Turner Bequest CLVIII 25
Watercolour on white wove paper, 125 x 247 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘25’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLVIII – 25’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
On this page blank areas of white paper and streaks of grey and blue paint suggest billowing clouds moving over an indeterminate location. As with folio 21 recto (D12469), perhaps the sections of blue at the bottom of the composition are meant to signify a body of water.
See the sketchbook’s Introduction for general notes on possible locations and dating.
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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-r1208897, accessed 21 November 2024.