Watercolour on paper
Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook
Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook
East Sussex c.1806-20
East Sussex c.1806-20
Cornwall
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Eddystone Lighthouse in a Storm by Daylight
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Cornwall
Eddystone Lighthouse
England
England, South West
England, Southern
landscape
lighthouse
places
public and municipal
sea
seascapes and coasts
sky
storm
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK man-made landmarks
wave
weather
<p>The lighthouse has generally been identified as that guarding the rocks off Plymouth, the Eddystone light, which Turner may have visited during his tour of Devon in 1813. Almost a decade later, he produced a watercolour of the Eddystone Lighthouse, which has some of the turbulence of this study. However, this preliminary idea could also have served as the basis for his 1818 view of the Bell Rock Lighthouse on the Firth of Tay in Scotland. Turner had to borrow another artist's sketches in order to complete this second subject, as he had not seen it for himself. This study is one of three in which Turner explored the visual potential of the lighthouse motif when set against different nocturnal effects.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
1 September 2011 – 22 April 2012
2012-04-22
1 September 2011 – 22 April 2012
2012-04-22
2011-09-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-09-01
Skying: Looking at Clouds
Collection based display
29 September 2020 – 24 January 2021
2021-01-24
29 September 2020 – 24 January 2021
2021-01-24
2020-09-29
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (Vienna, Austria)
2020-09-29
Beethoven - piano forte
Loan-out
?The Eddystone Lighthouse in a Storm by Daylight
support: 181 × 228 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>The lighthouse has generally been identified as that guarding the rocks off Plymouth, the Eddystone light, which Turner may have visited during his tour of Devon in 1813. Almost a decade later, he produced a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> of the Eddystone Lighthouse, which has some of the turbulence of this study. However, this preliminary idea could also have served as the basis for his 1818 view of the Bell Rock Lighthouse on the Firth of Tay in Scotland. Turner had to borrow another artist's sketches in order to complete this second subject, as he had not seen it for himself. This study is one of three in which Turner explored the visual potential of the lighthouse motif when set against different nocturnal effects.</p>
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architecture Cornwall Eddystone Lighthouse England England, Southern England, South West landscape lighthouse places public and municipal sea seascapes and coasts sky storm UK counties UK countries and regions UK man-made landmarks wave weather
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