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Loose oil sketch of dark storm clouds and white cumulus clouds against a blue-grey sky.

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An oil sketch of the sky shows a dark bank of storm clouds across the upper right, contrasted with brilliant white cumulus clouds in the centre and lower left against blue-grey sky. The loose, rapid brushwork captures the shifting light and weather. This study of clouds by John Constable is dated 1821.

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1821

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