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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Low Sun over the Sea c.1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Low Sun over the Sea’ c.1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Recto:
Low Sun over the Sea c.1834
D27834
Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 37a
Chalk on brownish grey wove paper, 139 x 228 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This chalk study of the sun over the sea is one of several in this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook introduction.
Technical notes:
In his 1909 Inventory of the Turner Bequest, A.J. Finberg mistakenly catalogued this page as the folio’s verso, hence the suffix ‘a’ after its Finberg number.1 Both recto and verso were subsequently allocated with Tate ‘D’ numbers. The recto was formerly given the accession number ‘D27833’ but was reassigned with ‘D27834’ after the ‘D’ number for the verso was cancelled.
1
A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.II, p.908.
Verso:
The verso bears chalk counterproof marks from the drawing on folio 38 recto (D27835; Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 38).

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Low Sun over the Sea c.1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-low-sun-over-the-sea-r1181694, accessed 23 April 2024.