'Sketches of Sunset', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Sketches of Sunset

From Wurzburg, Rhine and Ostend Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCCIII

Date 1840

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 170 x 104 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D30460

Turner Bequest CCCIII 1

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Wurzburg, Rhine and Ostend Sketchbook

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1840s

Wurzburg, Rhine and Ostend Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest