Pen and ink on paper
Arundel and Shoreham Sketchbook
Popular themes: sunsets/sunrises
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Arundel and Shoreham Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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>
Sunset
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
artist’s notes
cloud
inscriptions
landscape
sky
sunset
symbols and personifications
times of the day
weather
wooded
<p>This is the only pen and ink sketch in this book, which Turner has mostly filled with hasty pencil notations of scenery at Brighton, Shoreham, Arundel and Petworth. Once again, he has resorted to making quick economic notes about the colours he saw, rather than actually bringing out his own set of watercolours to recreate the effect.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique pen ink
Sunset
support: 68 × 110 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>This is the only <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/pen-and-ink" title="Glossary definition for 'Pen and Ink'"><span>pen and ink</span></a> sketch in this book, which Turner has mostly filled with hasty <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> notations of scenery at Brighton, Shoreham, Arundel and Petworth. Once again, he has resorted to making quick economic notes about the colours he saw, rather than actually bringing out his own set of <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>watercolours</span></a> to recreate the effect.</p>
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artist’s notes cloud inscriptions landscape sky sunset symbols and personifications times of the day weather wooded
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