Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Old Chain Pier, Brighton, from the West

c.1827

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In Tate Britain

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium
Bodycolour and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 142 × 193 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D22773
Turner Bequest CCXLIV 111

Display caption

In 1826 John and Arthur Arch advertised a publication to be called 'THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, or LA MANCHE, to consist of views taken by [Turner] from Dunkirk to Ushant, and places adjacent'. This view of Brighton may have been made in conjunction with the scheme. The subject echoes an oil painting by John Constable of the Chain Pier which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1827.

Gallery label, August 2004

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