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Pegwell Bay Kent  a Recollection October 5th 1858
Purchased 1894
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<p>Dyce’s painting was the product of a trip he made in the autumn of 1858 to the popular holiday resort of Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate, on the east coast of Kent. It shows various members of his family gathering shells. The artist’s interest in geology is shown by his careful recording of the flint-encrusted strata and eroded faces of the chalk cliffs. The barely visible trail of Donati’s comet in the sky places the human activities in far broader dimensions of time and space.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
12 February 2004 – 9 January 2005
2005-01-09
12 February 2004 – 3 May 2004
2004-05-03
2004-02-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
11 June 2004 – 5 September 2004
2004-09-05
2004-06-11
Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany)
28 September 2004 – 9 January 2005
2005-01-09
2004-09-28
Fundació “la Caixa” (Madrid, Spain)
2004-02-12
Pre-Raphaelite Vision: Truth to Nature
Exhibition
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
22 May 2006 – 7 January 2007
2007-01-07
22 May 2006 – 3 September 2006
2006-09-03
2006-05-22
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Norwich, UK)
http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
23 September 2006 – 7 January 2007
2007-01-07
2006-09-23
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
2006-05-22
Art at the Rockface
Loan-out
10 August 2007 – 4 October 2010
2010-10-04
10 August 2007 – 4 October 2010
2010-10-04
2007-08-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-08-10
Pre-Raphaelites and Painters of the Ideal
Collection based display
12 February 2009 – 4 October 2009
2009-10-04
12 February 2009 – 3 May 2009
2009-05-03
2009-02-12
Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, USA)
http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
16 June 2009 – 4 October 2009
2009-10-04
2009-06-16
Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, UK)
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
2009-02-12
Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts
Loan-out
12 September 2012 – 31 January 2014
2014-01-31
12 September 2012 – 13 January 2013
2013-01-13
2012-09-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-17
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 June 2013 – 22 September 2013
2013-09-22
2013-06-10
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2012-09-12
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Exhibition
17 February 2013 – 31 August 2014
2014-08-31
17 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-17
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 June 2013 – 13 October 2013
2013-10-13
2013-06-10
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2013-02-17
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Loan-out
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
11 May 2016 – 25 September 2016
2016-09-25
11 May 2016 – 25 September 2016
2016-09-25
2016-05-11
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2016-05-11
Painting with Light: Art and Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the modern age
Exhibition
14 September 2024 – 6 January 2025
2025-01-06
14 September 2024 – 6 January 2025
2025-01-06
2024-09-14
Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, USA)
http://www.huntington.org
2024-09-14
Storm Cloud: Art, Science, Nature and the Industrial Age
Loan-out
Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858
support: 635 × 889 mm
frame: 950 × 1204 × 110 mm
Purchased 1894
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<p>Pegwell Bay was one of the English seaside resorts that became popular as railways began to connect cities and coasts. William Dyce’s picture recalls a visit with his family on a cold October day. The erosion of the chalk cliffs had exposed fossils, which were beginning to be understood as evidence of the Earth’s history. The trail of Donati’s comet in the sky puts human life into perspective in time and space. The art critic John Ruskin admired his attention to detail, claiming that he ranked alongside the Pre-Raphaelite circle in his attention to detail.</p>
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