Watercolour on paper
Colour Studies of Clear or Hazy Skies
Colour Studies of Clear or Hazy Skies
Colour Studies of the Sun, Skies and Clouds c..1815-45
Colour Studies of the Sun, Skies and Clouds c..1815-45
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
An Overcast Sky above a Landscape
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
landscape
mountain
river
water: inland
paper unique watercolour
An Overcast Sky above a Landscape
support: 168 × 244 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p><span>Double-sided watercolour sketch on an off-white, medium weight, rag, wove paper in good condition.  The watercolour washes in black, yellow and blue have been applied in loose, fluid brush strokes.  </span>
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<br/><span>Both scenes appear to depict water with a landmass in the distance under a blue-black sky.</span>
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<br/><span>Katharine Lockett</span>
<br/><span>August 2003</span>
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Technique and condition
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Catalogue entry
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landscape mountain river water: inland
CCLXIII 277