Watercolour on paper
Lucerne Sketchbook
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Lucerne Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Yellow Sky over a Grey Sea
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
landscape
sea
seascapes and coasts
sky
<p>Turner used this sketchbook on his last trip to Switzerland. He began the book twice, at first making a group of three sky studies, including this one, most probably as he crossed the Channel. Then, once he had reached Lucerne, he painted his sketches of Mount Rigi at the other end of the book. The use of a simple combination of yellow and grey washes effectively recreates the light of dawn, at the moment before sunrise.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 1995</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
Yellow Sky over a Grey Sea
support: 228 × 325 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>Turner used this sketchbook on his last trip to Switzerland. He began the book twice, at first making a group of three sky studies, including this one, most probably as he crossed the Channel. Then, once he had reached Lucerne, he painted his sketches of Mount Rigi at the other end of the book. The use of a simple combination of yellow and grey washes effectively recreates the light of dawn, at the moment before sunrise.</p>
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1995-09-18T00:00:00
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landscape sea seascapes and coasts sky
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