Bodycolour and watercolour on paper
Sussex, East
Sussex - non-specific
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Old Chain Pier Brighton West
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
beach
boat, sailing
Brighton, Chain Pier
England
England, South East
England, Southern
figure
natural phenomena
people
pier
places
rainbow
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
storm
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, East
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
weather
<p>In 1826 John and Arthur Arch advertised a publication to be called 'THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, or LA MANCHE, to consist of views taken by [Turner] from Dunkirk to Ushant, and places adjacent'. This view of Brighton may have been made in conjunction with the scheme. The subject echoes an oil painting by John Constable of the Chain Pier which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1827.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique bodycolour watercolour
1 November 2013 – 28 February 2014
2014-02-28
1 November 2013 – 28 February 2014
2014-02-28
2013-11-01
Royal Pavilion & Museums (Brighton, UK)
2013-11-01
Brighton in the 1820s as perceived by Turner and his Contemporaries
Loan-out
The Old Chain Pier, Brighton, from the West
support: 142 × 193 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>In 1826 John and Arthur Arch advertised a publication to be called 'THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, or LA MANCHE, to consist of views taken by [Turner] from Dunkirk to Ushant, and places adjacent'. This view of Brighton may have been made in conjunction with the scheme. The subject echoes an oil <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> by John Constable of the Chain Pier which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1827.</p>
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adults architecture beach boat, sailing Brighton, Chain Pier England England, South East England, Southern figure natural phenomena people pier places rainbow sea seascapes and coasts society storm Sussex, East Sussex - non-specific townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions weather
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