A Cloudy Sky (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 14 recto) by Joseph Wright of Derby

Pencil sketch of a cloudy sky with shaded dark clouds and light openings, with handwritten color notes along the bottom edge.

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A Cloudy Sky (Smaller Italian Sketchbook, leaf 14 recto), Joseph Wright of Derby (1774), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pencil study of a cloudy sky, with hatched shading for dark cloud masses and lighter cloud forms left in the pale paper. Handwritten notes along the bottom edge record color observations for the sky, such as faint blue, warm yellow, and purplish grey. This drawing by Joseph Wright of Derby is dated 1774 and forms part of a smaller Italian sketchbook.

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1774

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Wikimedia Commons

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