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Sunset
Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)
about 1845
Medium/Technique
Transparent watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 x 33 cm (9 1/16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Henry Lee Higginson
Accession Number35.1217
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Wilton 1420
DescriptionPale yellow foreground. Strip of gray water. Low gray hills against a sunset sky of orange, green and blue.
Signed
not signed
Marks
Watermark: WHATMAN 1844
ProvenanceProbably Henry Lee Higginson (b. 1834 - d. 1919) and Ida Agassiz Higginson (b. 1837 - d. 1935), Boston; 1935, bequest of Ida Agassiz Higginson to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 11, 1935)