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ID number: BIRBI-38.1 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Title / Object name: The sun setting through vapour Object type: Painting Place made: London Culture: British Date made: about 1809 Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 69.2 x 101.6 cm Provenance: From the collection of Ayscough Fawkes, Farnley Hall, Yorkshire; sold at Christie's, 27 June 1890 (lot 62); bought by Thomas McLean for 1000 guineas; Mrs Johnstone Foster; Christie's, 23 July 1937 (lot 142); Messrs Ernest Broen and Phillips, Leicester Square Galleries, London, 1938 for £1,350 |
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The sun disperses the clouds and infuses sand and sea with a golden glow. Fishermen unload their catch which is then displayed on the beach for sale. Behind, a number of ships including a first-rate man-of-war and a dismasted hulk (a prison) stand at anchor, a reminder that Britain was at war with France in 1809. Inscriptions / Translations: Signed I.r.: J.M.W. Turner R A Notes: Exhibited: 'Turner', Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany, 15 September 1972 - 06 November 1972; 'Birth of a Collection: Masterpieces from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts', National Gallery, London, UK, 22 May 2013 - 01 September 2013; 'Turner and the Art of the Sea', National Maritime Museum, London, UK, 21 November 2013 - 21 April 2014 |
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1 Related People | |
| Turner, Joseph Mallord William British 1775 1851 | |
3 Related Publications | |
| Turner Armstrong, Sir Walter 1902 | |
| The life and work of J.M.W. Turner Wilton, A. 1979 | |
| The paintings of J.M.W. Turner Butlin, M. and Joll, E. 1977 | |
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