Charcoal on paper
Salisbury Sketchbook
Salisbury Sketchbook
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Salisbury Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Sun and Clouds
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
astronomy
cloud
inscriptions
landscape
letter of alphabet
number
sky
sun
symbols and personifications
weather
<p>This is the first of two studies in this book charting the progress of a cloudy sunset; in the second sketch, the dark clouds have moved in from the left, so that the sun is almost blocked out. Many of the sky studies in Turner's sketchbooks are annotated with shorthand notes recording the colours or the range of dark and light effects. Here he has used his own numerical system to indicate the appropriate tints, while at the top left-hand side of the image the letter 'B' may stand for 'Bright'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 1995</em></p>
paper unique charcoal
Study of the Sun and Clouds
support: 121 × 150 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>This is the first of two studies in this book charting the progress of a cloudy sunset; in the second sketch, the dark clouds have moved in from the left, so that the sun is almost blocked out. Many of the sky studies in Turner's sketchbooks are annotated with shorthand notes recording the colours or the range of dark and light effects. Here he has used his own numerical system to indicate the appropriate tints, while at the top left-hand side of the image the letter 'B' may stand for 'Bright'.</p>
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2015-04-19T00:00:00
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astronomy cloud inscriptions landscape letter of alphabet number sky sun symbols and personifications weather
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