J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sunset 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sunset’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Verso:
A Sunset 1809
D07582
Turner Bequest CX 39a
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Smoke | like the clouds’ lower right
Stamped in black ‘CX 39a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 40 (D07583). Turner’s inscribed notes here and more extensively on 40 convey chromatic and emotive descriptions, reflecting the characteristics of painting and poetry and the painter’s poetic aspirations, of which he writes on folio 45 verso–43 verso (D07591–D07587).

David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Sunset 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-sunset-r1135698, accessed 26 April 2024.