The collections
Weather leaves more
than one kind of record.
Paintings, letters and daily registers answer different questions. Follow an artist’s words, the practical conditions of making, or the contemporary observations behind a comparison.
New investigation · Turner
How did Turner make Whalley’s atmosphere?
Two sketches, a finished painting and two published interpretations. Open a sentence to inspect its source, then set a connection aside to see what changes in the reading.
Follow the investigation →
Artwork inscriptions
Constable’s sky studies
34 catalogue entries across 11 collections. 17 have evidence records; 3 retain disputed dates. Findings lead, with source dossiers at the end.
Read the studies → Complete register
Artist correspondence
Van Gogh: working in the wind
4 selected letters about weather, working position, speed and memory. Short passages from the scholarly edition, each attached to a specific reading. This is a selected reading, not the full correspondence.
Read the letters → The weather studyIndependent historical records
The daily registers behind the studies.
Daily wind and thermometer columns are transcribed for these months. Notes are selected unless the transcription says otherwise. Each document identifies its station and source page.
- 1821-07Luke Howard, The Climate of London, 2nd edition, vol. III (London: Harvey and Darton, 1833) · 31 daily rows
Read the transcription · Original page - 1821-09Luke Howard, The Climate of London, 2nd edition, vol. III (London: Harvey and Darton, 1833) · 30 daily rows
Read the transcription · Original page - 1821-10Luke Howard, The Climate of London, 2nd edition, vol. III (London: Harvey and Darton, 1833) · 31 daily rows
Read the transcription · Original page - 1822-08Luke Howard, The Climate of London, 2nd edition, vol. III (London: Harvey and Darton, 1833) · 31 daily rows
Read the transcription · Original page - 1822-09Luke Howard, The Climate of London, 2nd edition, vol. III (London: Harvey and Darton, 1833) · 30 daily rows
Read the transcription · Original page - 1830-09Luke Howard, The Climate of London, 2nd edition, vol. III (London: Harvey and Darton, 1833) · 30 daily rows
Read the transcription · Original page - 1833-09Royal Society, Meteorological Journal for September 1833, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1834) · 30 daily rows
Read the transcription · Original page
An artist’s account can document working choices. A historical register can supply weather context. Neither is silently substituted for the other.
