Watercolour on paper
Studies for Published ‘England and Wales’ Subjects
Studies for Published ‘England and Wales’ Subjects
England and Wales Colour Studies c.1825-39
England and Wales Colour Studies c.1825-39
Dudley
Birmingham
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 Industrial Town at Sunset Probably Birmingham or Dudley
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Birmingham
Birmingham
bridge
bridges and viaducts
chimney
Dudley
Dudley - non-specific
economics: Industrial Revolution, 18th c.
England
history
industrial
places
politics and society
sunset
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>A haze of mist and smoke hangs over a Midlands industrial town in this colour study, turning the sunset red. Turner often painted this phenomenon, but may not have understood that it was an effect of atmospheric pollution. The town is probably Dudley, where a steam engine was first operated in 1712 and the first iron steamboat, <span>Aaron Manby</span>, was built at the Horseley Iron Works in 1821.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
6 October 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
6 October 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-10-06
Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Ghent, Belgium)
http://www.gent.be/
2007-10-06
British Vision, Observation and Imagination in British Art, 1750 -1950
Loan-out
14 March 2012 – 5 June 2012
2012-06-05
14 March 2012 – 5 June 2012
2012-06-05
2012-03-14
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2012-03-14
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
Loan-out
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
An Industrial Town at Sunset, Probably Birmingham or Dudley
support: 348 × 482 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
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<p>A haze of mist and smoke hangs over a Midlands industrial town in this colour study, turning the sunset red. Turner often painted this phenomenon, but may not have understood that it was an effect of atmospheric pollution. The town is probably Dudley, where a steam engine was first operated in 1712 and the first iron steamboat, <i>Aaron Manby</i>, was built at the Horseley Iron Works in 1821.</p>
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architecture Birmingham Birmingham bridge bridges and viaducts chimney Dudley Dudley - non-specific economics: Industrial Revolution, 18th c. England history industrial places politics and society sunset times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions
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