'Three-Quarters of Sun in Eclipse', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Three-Quarters of Sun in Eclipse

From Eclipse Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXXV

Date 1804

Dimensionssupport: 166 x 112 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D05255

Turner Bequest LXXXV 6

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Turner's sketchbooks

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townscape, distant (8,180)

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astronomy (935)

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landscape (24,056)

sky (811)

weather (3,204)

cloud (1,820)

Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Eclipse Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest