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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > The Fire at Sea Sketchbook > Artwork

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 40 Verso:
Low Sun over the Sea c.1834
D27840
Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 40a
Chalk on brownish grey wove paper, 139 x 228 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, this chalk study of the sun over the sea is one of several in this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook introduction.

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-r1181700, accessed 24 April 2024.